Posts by SharpBrains
Smart pills as cognitive enhancement? Let’s first monitor negative cognitive side-effects of common medications
Memory Loss Could Be The Fault Of Your Meds, Not Your Age (International Business Times): “Memory loss isn’t always an inevitable sign of getting old – in some cases, common medications that seniors take to treat insomnia, anxiety, or even allergies could be to blame…Tannenbaum and her colleagues recently investigated what kinds of medication are most…
Read MoreNew Report: Human Enhancement and the Future of Work
Summary of the report just issued by The Royal Society in the UK: “Although the impact of human enhancement technologies has been widely debated, until now they have not been considered in terms of their impact upon the nature of work…the Academy of Medical Sciences, British Academy, Royal Academy of Engineering and Royal Society came…
Read MoreThere’s no single silver bullet to treat depression (not even aerobic exercise)
Exercise And Depression Revisited (Neuroskeptic blog): “A new study has found little evidence that aerobic exercise helps treat depression, contrary to popular belief…Danish researchers Krogh and colleagues randomly 115 assigned depressed people to one of two exercise programs. One was a strenuous aerobic workout — cycling for 30 minutes, 3 times per week, for 3 months.…
Read MoreThe Cognitive and Brain Fitness Benefits of Being Bilingual
The Cognitive Benefits of Being Bilingual (Cerebrum): “Today, more of the world’s population is bilingual or multilingual than monolingual. In addition to facilitating cross-cultural communication, this trend also positively affects cognitive abilities. Researchers have shown that the bilingual brain can have better attention and task-switching capacities than the monolingual brain, thanks to
Read MoreUpdate: New brain science leads to new tools and to new thinking
We often view memory, thinking, emotions, as completely separate entities, but they truly are part of the same process. So, if we want to improve brain health, we need to pay attention to the “weak link” in that process. In today’s society, managing stress and negative emotions is often that weak link, as we discuss…
Read MoreMedicare to update reimbursement criteria for degenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s, MS, Parkinson’s disease
What Medicare Will Cover Even if You’re Not Likely to Get Better (The New York Times): “Should the federal government cover the costs of many kinds of treatments for patients who aren’t going to get any better? It didn’t, for many years. But after the settlement of a landmark class-action this week, Medicare will soon
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