delay Alzheimer's Disease

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Time for Sharp­Brains’ July 2014 e‑newsletter, fea­tur­ing a wealth of thought-pro­vok­ing insights, sci­ence reports…and this fun brain teas­er to deter­mine your stress lev­el.

New think­ing:

• Why “dis­or­ders of the brain” deserve at least equal atten­tion as car­dio­vas­cu­lar dis­eases and cancer
• Pre­lim­i­nary Agen­da of the 2014 Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Sum­mit (Octo­ber 28–30th)
• Debunk­ing Myers-Brig­gs per­son­al­i­ty test
• How to remem­ber what you read

New tools:

• Upgrad­ing Edu­ca­tion and Health in light of Neu­ro­science: The Fron­tier of Gaming?
• Study: Neu­ro­feed­back treat­ment for ADHD in only 12 sessions?
• News: Launch of Brain Start-up Chal­lenge on August 1st
• Brain Resource rais­ing $7m to expand cor­po­rate brain well­ness offerings

New sci­ence:

• Under what con­di­tions can mind­ful­ness cours­es help health care work­ers man­age stress and burnout?
• Alzheimer’s dis­ease can be delayed through lifestyle: New, large study joins grow­ing chorus
• One more rea­son to improve edu­ca­tion and car­dio­vas­cu­lar health in devel­op­ing countries
• How big data can aug­ment brain health clin­i­cal research

Final­ly, you may also want to try this teas­er to test your cog­ni­tive bias­es.

Enjoy, and have a great month of August!

 

The Sharp­Brains Team