Posts Tagged ‘Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center’
What are the most promising lifestyle and tech options to harness lifelong neuroplasticity?
What are the most promising lifestyle and tech options to harness lifelong neuroplasticity, and what are key roadblocks ahead? (recording requires registration; view slidedeck above or Here) Dr. Álvaro Pascual-Leone, Director of the Berenson-Allen Center for Noninvasive Brain Stimulation at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Dr. David Bartrés-Faz, Principal Investigator of the Barcelona Brain Health Initiative (BBHI) Dr. Simone Schurle, Assistant…
Read MoreDr. Tom Insel and 12 other world-class brain experts confirmed to Speak @ 2017 SharpBrains Virtual Summit (December 5–7th, 2017)
_______ We are proud to share what’s already shaping up to be a quite spectacular and unique Speaking Roster at the 2017 SharpBrains Virtual Summit, starting with Thomas R. lnsel, MD, a psychiatrist, neuroscientist, and currently a co-founder and President of Mindstrong Health. From 2002–2015, Dr. Insel served as Director of the National Institute of Mental…
Read MoreTrend: Biopharma embraces digital cognitive assessments to identify behavioral health biomarkers
_______ The hunt for behavioral health biomarkers is harnessing digital health at the research stage (MedCity News): “Digital health companies are going through an interesting transformation as research institutions realize the benefit of their technology to collect and manage data for a host of studies. The biopharma industry’s embrace of some digital health tools to manage…
Read MoreResearch: Could studying the placebo effect change the way we think about medicine?
Placebo interventions are often claimed to substantially improve patient-reported and observer-reported outcomes in many clinical conditions, but most reports on effects of placebos are based on studies that have not randomised patients to placebo or no treatment.
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