John Tiwald
Feb 5, 20191 min read
Your Dazzling Brain - Understanding Pain
Pain is one of the marvelous mechanisms your brain uses t tell you to stop and take care of yourself - to pay attention. At its best, pain c
John Tiwald
Dec 10, 201814 min read
‘I Want to Live Like a Human Being’: Where New York Fails Its Mentally Ill
More than 200 interviews and thousands of pages of medical, social work and housing records reviewed by ProPublica and FRONTLINE, in collabo
John Tiwald
Nov 16, 20183 min read
Young Footballers’ Injuries More Common at Small Schools
Doubled risk compared with football teams from large schools By Randy Dotinga, Contributing Writer, MedPage Today SAN DIEGO — Size...
John Tiwald
Nov 14, 20181 min read
Journalist and Best-Selling Author Kurt Eichenwald is Interviewed About His Brain Injury
In a recent interview on Christiane Amanpour and Co.'s show (PBS 11-12-18) journalist and New York Times best-selling author Kurt Eichen
John Tiwald
Oct 5, 20175 min read
Managing Head Trauma in Children
Exerpted from The New York Times | By Perri Klass, MD More than 30 years ago, my toddler stood up in his stroller, evading the various...
John Tiwald
Jul 26, 20175 min read
111 NFL Brains. All But One Had CTE.
Dr. Ann McKee, a neuropathologist, has examined the brains of 202 deceased football players. A broad survey of her findings was published on
John Tiwald
Apr 25, 20172 min read
Some TBI Patients Show Dopamine Pathway Deficits
A subset of patients experiencing cognitive problems following traumatic brain injury (TBI) show evidence of diminished dopaminergic activit
John Tiwald
Jun 11, 20152 min read
Pseudobulbar Affect: Neurologic damage can disrupt brain signaling, causing a “short circuit”
Click here to take an assessment to see if you may have PBA. The Science of PBA PseudoBulbar Affect (PBA) symptoms are frequent,...
