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Why cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) should be first-line treatment for chronic insomnia

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Cog­ni­tive behav­ioral ther­a­py offers a drug-free method for man­ag­ing insom­nia (Har­vard Health):

“Many peo­ple with insom­nia turn to sleep­ing pills, which often have unwant­ed side effects. Few of them know about an equal­ly effec­tive ther­a­py that tar­gets the root cause of insom­nia with­out med­ica­tions. Called [Read more…] about Why cog­ni­tive behav­ioral ther­a­py (CBT) should be first-line treat­ment for chron­ic insomnia

New $100M investment in Canada to accelerate brain health innovation

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Brain research at Toron­to health cen­tre gets $100M fund­ing boost in fed­er­al bud­get (Nation­al Post):

“Ottawa is help­ing fund a $100 mil­lion ini­tia­tive with Toronto’s Bay­crest Health Sci­ences to devel­op a nation­al hub for brain research…“Past gen­er­a­tions of adults said they were most con­cerned about can­cer or heart dis­ease. This gen­er­a­tion says they’re most con­cerned about their brains,” said Dr. Reich­man. [Read more…] about New $100M invest­ment in Cana­da to accel­er­ate brain health innovation

Brain health center closes after Medicare challenges its medical claims and treatments

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New Brain Cen­ter Clos­es Amid Medicare Dis­pute (Bethes­da Magazine):

“Neur­Ex­pand Brain Cen­ter, the brain fit­ness and devel­op­ment cen­ter that opened in August in Friend­ship Heights, abrupt­ly closed this month amid a dis­pute with Medicare.

Neu­rol­o­gist Majid Fotuhi, NeurExpand’s founder, said that Medicare reviewed the practice’s clin­i­cal pro­gram and [Read more…] about Brain health cen­ter clos­es after Medicare chal­lenges its med­ical claims and treatments

Five highly recommended sessions on brain, health, wellness, big data, and brain fitness centers

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Thank you to the 118 sharp minds who have already ordered their $15 tick­ets to cel­e­brate Brain Aware­ness Week by watch­ing the lat­est on neu­ro­plas­tic­i­ty, brain health and inno­va­tion. We need many more well-informed ambas­sadors of brain health and cog­ni­tive fit­ness, and [Read more…] about Five high­ly rec­om­mend­ed ses­sions on brain, health, well­ness, big data, and brain fit­ness centers

Retooling cognitive rehabilitation for patients with traumatic brain injury

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Our col­league Kate Sul­li­van, who led a superb Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Sum­mit work­shop on How to Set Up a Brain Fit­ness Cen­ter to Enhance Cog­ni­tive Retrain­ing and Reha­bil­i­ta­tion, based on her expe­ri­ence at Wal­ter Reed Nation­al Mil­i­tary Med­ical Cen­ter, just alert­ed us of a new study pre­pared by her team: Out­comes from a Pilot Study using Com­put­er-Based Reha­bil­i­ta­tive Tools in a Mil­i­tary Pop­u­la­tion (Stud­ies in Health Tech­nol­o­gy and Infor­mat­ics). [Read more…] about Retool­ing cog­ni­tive reha­bil­i­ta­tion for patients with trau­mat­ic brain injury

Educational Workshops @ 2012 SharpBrains Summit Start in 2 Hours

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We look for­ward to the final day @ 2012 Sharp­Brains Vir­tual Sum­mit, today, fea­tur­ing four great edu­ca­tion­al work­shops on: [Read more…] about Edu­ca­tion­al Work­shops @ 2012 Sharp­Brains Sum­mit Start in 2 Hours