Update: To succeed at school, children with ADHD need both medication and non-medication treatments

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Time for Sharp­Brains’ March e‑newsletter, wrap­ping up this mon­th’s key neu­ro­science stud­ies, neu­rotech­nol­ogy news and brain fit­ness insights.

Upcoming events

• May 2015 Online Course: How to Nav­i­gate Con­ven­tion­al and Com­ple­men­tary ADHD Treat­ments for Healthy Brain Development
• Neu­roGam­ing + ESCoNS Sum­mit 2015 (May 5–7; San Francisco)

New research

• To improve aca­d­e­m­ic out­comes, chil­dren with ADHD need both med­ica­tion and non-med­ica­tion treatments
• Enhanc­ing brain func­tion­ing, and pre­vent­ing cog­ni­tive decline, via diet, exer­cise and cog­ni­tive training
• An inno­v­a­tive tele­health ser­vice to pro­vide high qual­i­ty ADHD treatment
• New ways to detect and treat “chemo brain” symp­toms com­mon in around 35% of breast can­cer survivors

New tools

• FDA-cleared mobile brain mon­i­tor­ing tools to detect cog­ni­tive impairment
• Non-inva­sive brain stim­u­la­tion meets nanotechnology
• Brain waves help pre­dict stress-relat­ed sleep problems
• Dig­i­tal health–with a brain twist–sees increased mil­i­tary adoption
• Track­ing brain games’ data to mea­sure cog­ni­tive and emo­tion­al traits?
• Upcom­ing mar­ket report on Per­va­sive Neurotechnology

 

Enjoy the spring!