Alzheimer’s Disease: too serious to play with headlines

We just came across an arti­cle titled Best Com­put­er Brain Games for Senior Cit­i­zens to Delay Alzheimer’s Dis­ease. The head­line makes lit­tle sci­en­tif­ic sense-and we observe this con­fu­sion often. The arti­cle men­tions a few pro­grams we have dis­cussed often in this blog, such as Posit Sci­ence and Mind­Fit, and oth­ers we haven’t because we haven’t…

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Healthy Brain Initiative by CDC and Alzheimer’s Association

The CDC has report­ed a joint ini­tia­tive with the Alzheimer’s Asso­ci­a­tion to cre­ate the Healthy Brain Ini­tia­tive: A Nation­al Pub­lic Health Roadmap for Cog­ni­tive Health. Some quotes from their announce­ment: “In order to main­tain and improve the cog­ni­tive per­for­mance of all adults, the Cen­ters for Dis­ease Con­trol and Pre­ven­tion (CDC) and the Alzheimer’s Asso­ci­a­tion today…

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