John Tiwald
Jan 23, 20135 min read
New Study Finds Brain Damage in Living Ex-NFL Players
by Steve Fainaru and Mark Fainaru-Wada | PBS Frontline | January 22, 2013 (Credit: UCLA) ESPN reporters Mark Fainaru-Wada and Steve...
John Tiwald
Dec 27, 20123 min read
Rules Eased for Veterans’ Brain Injury Benefits
By James Dao | The New York Times | December 7, 2012 The Department of Veterans Affairs will propose new regulations on Friday that will...
John Tiwald
Dec 22, 20124 min read
Study Bolsters Link Between Routine Hits and Brain Disease
By Ken Belson | The New York Times | December 3, 2012 The growing evidence of a link between head trauma and long-term, degenerative...
John Tiwald
Nov 14, 20125 min read
Traumatic brain injury patients, supercomputer simulations studied to improve helmets
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories and the University of New Mexico are comparing supercomputer simulations...
John Tiwald
Oct 27, 201211 min read
A Town’s Passion for Football, a Retired Doctor’s Concern
Dover High School players at a practice this month. The Green Wave, who are having a losing season, have been playing football for more...
John Tiwald
Sep 24, 20123 min read
“Head Games” Film Explores Perils of Sports Concussions
By Zorianna Kit | Reuters LOS ANGELES — When a concussion forced WWE’s Christopher Nowinski to retire in 2004, the professional wrestler...
John Tiwald
Sep 12, 20123 min read
Scientists Create Atlas of Human Brain
Ian Sample | Science Correspondent | guardian.co.uk September 19, 2012 A comprehensive atlas of the adult human brain that reveals the...
John Tiwald
May 16, 20123 min read
Brain Injury Study: A Single Season of Hits May Harm College Athletes’ Ability to Learn
Catherine Pearson | Huffingtonpost.com Just a single season of contact sports can take a toll on college athletes’ ability to learn,...
John Tiwald
May 8, 20121 min read
New Nonsurgical Method Being Developed to Monitor Intracranial Blood Pressure
Science Translational Medicine – Integrating Medicine and Science Traumatic brain injuries can lead to increased pressure inside the...
John Tiwald
May 8, 20122 min read
Female and Younger Athletes Take Longer to Overcome Concussions
ScienceDaily New research out of Michigan State University reveals female athletes and younger athletes take longer to recover from...
John Tiwald
Apr 28, 20125 min read
What the Brain Tells Us
By Vera H-C Chan | Yahoo News Laboratory for Affective Neuroscience In the past 20 years, neuroscience, buoyed by advances in imaging...
John Tiwald
Apr 26, 20123 min read
Veterans and Brain Disease
By Nicholas D. Kristof | New York Times He was a 27-year-old former Marine, struggling to adjust to civilian life after two tours in...
