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

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…

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Harnessing innovative neurotechnologies to provide better urgent care at Banner Health

_______________ For Ban­ner Health, one of the largest non-prof­it health sys­tem in the Unit­ed States, find­ing ways to make health care eas­i­er and bet­ter for our patients is at the root of every­thing we do. That’s why we are mak­ing sig­nif­i­cant invest­ments into the dig­i­tal health and neu­rotech space, try­ing to answer some com­mon pain…

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New Nevada regulation requires professional fighters to undergo regular computerized cognitive testing

Neva­da offi­cials to require brain health test­ing for fight­ers (Las Vegas Review-Jour­nal): “The Neva­da Ath­let­ic Com­mis­sion will require all licensed fight­ers in the Sil­ver State, includ­ing pro­fes­sion­al box­ers and mixed mar­tial ath­letes, to under­go reg­u­lar brain health test­ing, offi­cials announced Tues­day in Wash­ing­ton, D.C.

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