Towards a new culture of Brain Health and Brain Fitness

By SharpBrains | October 25, 2018

?Pan­el agrees: Brain health improved by eat­ing healthy diet, get­ting reg­u­lar exer­cise + rest­ful sleep, reduc­ing stress, being social­ly con­nect­ed. Sounds sim­ple but we don’t do it well in mod­ern US cul­ture. Let’s address bar­ri­ers AND find ther­a­pies to treat brain dis­eases. #MIFHS pic.twitter.com/aj4uh5wLm5 — Kim McCleary (@KimTweetsDC) Octo­ber 23, 2018 Some addi­tion­al Con­fer­ence Bites from the…

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On neuroplasticity, psychedelics, forest bathing, drinking, sleep and more: The Month in Review

By SharpBrains | August 27, 2018

___ Dear read­er, It’s time for Sharp­Brains month­ly e‑newsletter explor­ing the lat­est think­ing, sci­ence and tools for life­long brain health and men­tal well-being. Enjoy! New research: Psy­che­delics can pro­mote neur­al plas­tic­i­ty in the pre­frontal cor­tex and expand path­ways for men­tal health Drink­ing up to 5–8 glass­es of wine or beer a week not seen to increase dementia…

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New $30M venture philanthropy fund aims at revolutionizing the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease

By SharpBrains | August 8, 2018

_____ Why diag­nos­ing Alzheimer’s today is so difficult—and how we can do bet­ter (Bill Gates): “Alzheimer’s research is a fron­tier where we can dra­mat­i­cal­ly improve human life—both the lives of peo­ple who have the dis­ease and their loved ones. I’m opti­mistic that we can sub­stan­tial­ly alter the course of Alzheimer’s if we make progress in several…

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Update: Meditation-based mental training can lead to clear –yet surprisingly varied– cognitive and emotional benefits

By SharpBrains | July 31, 2018

_____ Dear read­er, Time for Sharp­Brains month­ly e‑newsletter, dis­cussing lat­est think­ing, research and tools for life­long brain health and men­tal health. Enjoy! New think­ing: Study finds clear–yet sur­pris­ing­ly different–benefits in 3 types of med­i­­ta­­tion-based men­tal train­ing Tech­nol­o­gy and the Cog­ni­tion Cri­sis Think twice before tak­ing Ader­all for cog­ni­tive enhance­ment: It may actu­al­ly impair work­ing mem­o­ry and…

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Update: 200 common prescription medications increase depression risk

By SharpBrains | June 28, 2018

___ Dear read­er, Time for Sharp­Brains e‑newsletter. It’s been a busy month, once again bring­ing to the fore­front the lim­i­ta­tions of our cur­rent health­care sys­tem and, on the pos­i­tive side, the grow­ing oppor­tu­ni­ties to improve Brain Health and Men­tal Health for all, if we pay atten­tion to (and act on) lat­est research, think­ing and tools. New…

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