John Tiwald
- Nov 16, 2018
- 3 min
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
- Jun 6, 2017
- 5 min
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
- Feb 4, 2016
- 3 min
High School Coaches Know Concussion Signs but Don't Act
Often make the wrong decisions when faced with actual cases Excerpted from MedPage Today | By Megan Brooks, Reuters Health NEW YORK...
John Tiwald
- Jan 23, 2013
- 5 min
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, 2012
- 4 min
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, 2012
- 5 min
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...