Posts Tagged ‘cognitive-health’
Reminder: A brain-friendly lifestyle is the best approach to delay cognitive decline and dementia
_______ What Science Tells Us About Preventing Dementia (The Wall Street Journal): “When it comes to battling dementia, the unfortunate news is this: Medications have proven ineffective at curing or stopping the disease and its most common form, Alzheimer’s disease. But that isn’t the end of the story. According to a recent wave of scientific…
Read MoreBrainCheck raises $8 million to digitize cognitive/ neuropsychological assessments and better serve the aging population
_______________ This startup just raised $8 million to help busy doctors assess the cognitive health of 50 million seniors (TechCrunch): “…startups increasingly recognize opportunities to cater to this aging population. Some are developing products to sell to individuals and their family members directly; others are coming up with ways to empower those who work directly…
Read MoreStartup Aural Analytics raises $4.3M to monitor neurological health by analyzing speech patterns
Aural Analytics raises $4.3M for voice-based cognitive health monitoring (MobiHealthNews): “Aural Analytics, a startup using speech analytics algorithms to gauge changes in brain health, has raised $4.3 million in seed funding … The artificial intelligence engine collects speech samples through a smartphone or tablet app, and uploads these to a cloud server for analysis. From these,
Read More10-year study finds that the higher the blood sugar level, the faster the cognitive decline over time — regardless of diabetic status
___ The Startling Link Between Sugar and Alzheimer’s (The Atlantic): “A longitudinal study, published Thursday in the journal Diabetologia, followed 5,189 people over 10 years and found that people with high blood sugar had a faster rate of cognitive decline than those with normal blood sugar—whether or not their blood-sugar level technically made them diabetic.…
Read More$3 million available for innovative solutions aimed at older adults via The Centre for Aging + Brain Health Innovation (CABHI)
_______ Centre for Aging + Brain Health Innovation announces up to $3 million in funding available to support industry innovations in the field of aging and brain health (press release): “The Centre for Aging + Brain Health Innovation (CABHI) announced today the second round of funding available through its Industry Innovation Partnership Program (I2P2). This…
Read MoreThe Canadian Centre for Aging & Brain Health Innovation (CC-ABHI) is looking for trial partners to test innovative solutions
—– Do you have access to an aging population interested in pilot testing some of the most promising innovations in the aging and brain health sector? The Canadian Centre for Aging and Brain Health Innovation (CC-ABHI) invites interested seniors’ care and other health service organizations to submit an Expression of Interest to act as a…
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