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
Jun 6, 20175 min read
The Earliest Signs of Brain Damage in Athletes? Listen for Them
A small study of NFL players suggests that the signs of CTE may be found with a low-cost, noninvasive test that tracks changes in conversati
John Tiwald
Apr 13, 20165 min read
Brandi Chastain to Donate Her Brain for C.T.E. Research
Excerpted from The New York Times | By John Branch Photo Caption: Brandi Chastain after scoring the winning shootout goal in the 1999...
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 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
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
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...