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Systematic review finds ten lifestyle factors that clearly impact the probability of developing Alzheimer’s disease (AD)

July 27, 2020 by SharpBrains

Although there’s still no cure, researchers are con­tin­u­ing to devel­op a bet­ter under­stand­ing of what increas­es a person’s risk of devel­op­ing Alzheimer’s dis­ease. A recent study that looked at 396 stud­ies has even been able to iden­ti­fy ten risk fac­tors that are shown to increase the like­li­hood of devel­op­ing the disease.

Here are the fac­tors researchers iden­ti­fied – and why they’re asso­ci­at­ed with a high­er risk.

1. Lower education level

A low­er edu­ca­tion lev­el is asso­ci­at­ed with an increased risk of Alzheimer’s dis­ease. Pre­vi­ous evi­dence shows the longer you spend in edu­ca­tion, the low­er your risk of devel­op­ing demen­tia. Research look­ing at the brains of peo­ple from dif­fer­ent edu­ca­tion­al back­grounds also showed that peo­ple who were more edu­cat­ed had heav­ier brains. As you lose one third of your brain weight because of demen­tia, a heav­ier brain may make you more resilient. [Read more…] about Sys­tem­at­ic review finds ten lifestyle fac­tors that clear­ly impact the prob­a­bil­i­ty of devel­op­ing Alzheimer’s dis­ease (AD)

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Education & Lifelong Learning Tagged With: Alzheimer’s Disease, body mass index, cognitive activity, concussion, depression, diabetes, Education & Lifelong Learning, head trauma, High-blood-pressure, Stress

The FDA warns consumers not to use unapproved apps and devices to diagnose concussion

April 12, 2019 by SharpBrains

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FDA warns pub­lic not to use unap­proved or uncleared med­ical devices to help assess or diag­nose a con­cus­sion (news release):

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Admin­is­tra­tion is warn­ing the pub­lic not to use med­ical devices mar­ket­ed to con­sumers that claim to help assess, diag­nose or man­age head injury, includ­ing con­cus­sion, trau­mat­ic brain injury (TBI) or mild TBI. [Read more…] about The FDA warns con­sumers not to use unap­proved apps and devices to diag­nose concussion

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: concussion, FDA, head-injury, medical devices, TBI, Traumatic-Brain-Injury

Trend: Mobile, data-rich apps to monitor and promote neurocognitive health

November 3, 2016 by SharpBrains

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BrainCheck rais­es $3 mil­lion for app to mon­i­tor brain health (TechCrunch):

“A Hous­ton-based start­up called BrainCheck has raised $3 mil­lion in seed fund­ing for an app that helps users under­stand, by sim­ply play­ing some games on an iPad, if they or a loved one may have suf­fered a con­cus­sion. [Read more…] about Trend: Mobile, data-rich apps to mon­i­tor and pro­mote neu­rocog­ni­tive health

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: BrainCheck, concussion, concussion monitoring, David Eagleman, FDA, health, iPad, monitoring, neurocognitive, neurocognitive-health, neurologists, neuropsychologists

Study: Concussion diagnoses among children and teenagers increased by 71% from 2010 through 2015

October 7, 2016 by SharpBrains

bcbs-healthofamericareport-concussionsCon­cus­sion Diag­noses Among Youths Near­ly Dou­bled from 2010 to 2015 (Edu­ca­tion Week):

“Con­cus­sion diag­noses increased by 71 per­cent from 2010 through 2015 among chil­dren between the ages of 10 and 19, accord­ing to a new report from Blue Cross Blue Shield based on med­ical-claims data. [Read more…] about Study: Con­cus­sion diag­noses among chil­dren and teenagers increased by 71% from 2010 through 2015

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Education & Lifelong Learning Tagged With: Blue Cross Blue Shield, concussion, concussions, diagnoses

The FDA clears two computerized cognitive tests to assist in medical evaluations following brain injury or concussion

August 26, 2016 by SharpBrains

impact testingFDA allows mar­ket­ing of first-of-kind com­put­er­ized cog­ni­tive tests to help assess cog­ni­tive skills after a head injury (FDA news release):

“The U.S. Food and Drug Admin­is­tra­tion today per­mit­ted mar­ket­ing of two new devices to assess a patient’s cog­ni­tive func­tion imme­di­ate­ly after a sus­pect­ed brain injury or con­cus­sion. The Imme­di­ate Post-Con­cus­sion Assess­ment and Cog­ni­tive Test­ing (ImPACT) and ImPACT Pedi­atric are the first med­ical devices per­mit­ted [Read more…] about The FDA clears two com­put­er­ized cog­ni­tive tests to assist in med­ical eval­u­a­tions fol­low­ing brain injury or concussion

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: assess cognitive function, Brain-health, brain-injury, cognitive-function, Cognitive-tests, computerized, computerized cognitive test, concussion, digital health, digital medicine, FDA, Impact, ImPACT Pediatric, medical evaluation, neurodiagnostic, traumatic-brain-injuries

Public Brain Health vs. Private Brain Research Funds: How the NFL tried to influence NIH studies

May 31, 2016 by SharpBrains

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How the NFL tried to manip­u­late a gov­ern­ment study on foot­ball and brain injuries (Los Ange­les Times):

“The Nation­al Insti­tutes of Health seems to have dis­cov­ered what com­mu­ni­ties across the land already know: The Nation­al Foot­ball League is an untrust­wor­thy partner.

Accord­ing to a report [Read more…] about Pub­lic Brain Health vs. Pri­vate Brain Research Funds: How the NFL tried to influ­ence NIH studies

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health Tagged With: brain injury research, Brain-health, brain-injuries, brain-research, concussion, football, NFL, NIH, public-health

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