Concussion Doesn’t Slow Kids’ Return to Football
In the U.S., the youngest football players are more likely to return to play less than 24 hours after a concussion than their older peers, r
John Tiwald
May 5, 20163 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
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Risk of Suicide Increases Three-Fold After Concussion
Excerpted from Reuters Health | By Kathryn Doyle Adults who suffer a concussion are at three times the long-term risk of suicide compared...
John Tiwald
Mar 7, 20163 min read
A Simple Flashcard Test to Detect Concussions
King-Devick Concussion Test Excerpted from The New York Times | Gretchen Reynolds March 11, 2015 An easy, two-minute vision test...
John Tiwald
May 12, 20154 min read
How a Damaged Brain Can Be Healed
Under the skin: coloured scan of the human brain Photo: Alamy Excerpted from The Telegraph | Author: Paul Broks Norman Doidge is not shy...
John Tiwald
Jan 13, 20154 min read
The healing hormone
Donald Stein finds further vindication in his long-held belief that progesterone is more than just a female hormone. By Martha Nolan...
John Tiwald
Apr 30, 20136 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
Jan 23, 20135 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
Nov 14, 20125 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
Sep 12, 20123 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, 20121 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 28, 20125 min read
Mechanical Tissue Resuscitation Technology Shows Promise in Preventing Cell Death Following Brain In
Source : Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston Salem, NC Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center researchers seeking a successful...
John Tiwald
Apr 19, 20122 min read
