Posts Tagged ‘Alzheimers’
Accelerating brain health research via online registries
San Francisco-based online ‘brain registry’ seeks volunteers to transform research (San Jose Mercury News): “By volunteering — repeatedly over time — participants join a pool of research subjects in the new Brain Health Registry, opened Tuesday, for studies on brain diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, as well as depression, post-traumatic stress disorder and other neurological…
Read MoreMedicare updates reimbursement criteria for “maintenance” therapy services
A Quiet “Sea Change” in Medicare (The New York Times): “In January, Medicare officials updated the agency’s policy manual –the rule book for everything Medicare does– to erase any notion that improvement
Read MoreCombining non-invasive brain stimulation with cognitive training to treat Alzheimer’s Disease
Israeli medical device offers new Alzheimer’s treatment (Reuters): “According to Alvaro Pascual-Leone, director of the hospital’s Berenson-Allen Centre for Non-invasive Brain Stimulation, brain stimulation — or transcranial magnetic stimulation — involves a very low current applied to a specific part of the brain and
Read MoreNFL donates $30 million to improve concussion & brain injury care
NFL donates $30 million to National Institutes of Health (press release): “The National Football League will provide $30 million in funding for medical research to the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH), NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell announced today
Read MoreGait Changes as Indicator of Cognitive Health Decline
Footprints to Cognitive Decline and Alzheimer’s Are Seen in Gait (The New York Times): “The way people walk appears to speak volumes about the way they think, so much so that changes in an older person’s gait appear to be an early indicator of cognitive impairment, including Alzheimer’s disease…Five studies presented at the Alzheimer’s Association International…
Read MoreUpdate: From Anti-Alzheimer’s “Magic Bullets” to True Brain Health
Time for SharpBrains’ May 2012 eNewsletter, featuring in this occasion an OpEd by Dr. Peter Whitehouse and Alvaro Fernandez on why we need to shift attention and resources From Anti-Alzheimer’s “Magic Bullets” to True Brain Health. Please read, add your two cents, and share!
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