Update: From smart homes to smart people — where digital health meets brain fitness

Who said, “So for me the most excit­ing take­away from this year’s CES (Con­sumer Elec­tron­ics Show)  isn’t the smart car or the smart home, it’s the smart per­son…” You can find the answer, and many insights on brain health inno­va­tion, by read­ing Sharp­Brains’ Jan­u­ary 2013 eNewslet­ter. Enjoy! Dig­i­tal health meets con­sumer elec­tron­ics and brain train­ing, by Dr. Evian…

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TEDWeekends: Retooling Brain Care With Low-Cost, Data-Driven Technologies

I was asked to con­tribute to this week­end’s TED­Week­end on how “Sim­ple Solu­tions Can Heal the Mass­es,” by com­ment­ing on a great TEDTalk by Max Lit­tle, “A Test For Parkin­son’s With A Phone Call.” Enjoy, share, and please add your two cents to my arti­cle: Retool­ing Brain Care With Low-Cost, Data-Dri­ven Tech­nolo­gies (The Huff­in­g­ton Post)

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Brain Injury Care: Treatment and Reimbursement Challenges

Gif­fords May Get Bet­ter Brain-Injury Care Than Most of Her Con­stituents (ProP­ub­li­ca): “Despite the need for more research, Gif­fords’ sto­ry shows the poten­tial of the treat­ments now avail­able. But accord­ing to Susan Con­nors, the pres­i­dent of the Brain Injury Asso­ci­a­tion of Amer­i­ca, what treat­ment you receive depends heav­i­ly on your state, insur­ance plan (or lack of one), hospital…

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Update: Innovation to Upgrade Brain Care

Here you have the July edi­tion of our month­ly eNewslet ter cov­er­ing cog­ni­tive health and brain fit­ness top­ics. Please remem ber that you can sub­scribe to receive this free Brain Fit­ness eNewslet­ter by email, using the box in the right col­umn. Tech­nol­o­gy to upgrade brain care: In this exten­sive inter­view, Dr. John Docher­ty helps con­nect the…

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