Posts Tagged ‘health-insurance’
Grand Rounds: Best of Health and Medical Blogging
Welcome to a new edition of Grand Rounds blog carnival, the weekly edition of what’s best in the health and medical blogosphere. This week, twenty four bloggers share data, insights, questions, reflections and more. Enjoy!
Read MoreBrain fitness & training heads towards its tipping point
How do you know when something is fast moving towards a Gladwellian tipping point? When health insurance companies and public policy makers launch significant initiatives. For example, the government of Ontario recently announced a $10 million investment with Baycrest Research Centre who will partner with MaRS Venture Group to develop and commercialise brain fitness technologies.…
Read MoreCognitive News November-December 2008
Here you have several recent articles and developments worthy of attention: 1) Boom times for brain training games (CNN) 2) Navigating the brain fitness landscape: do’s and don’ts (McKnight’s Long Term Care News) 3) USA Hockey and Intelligym (press release) 4) Brain Fitness at New York Public Library (NYPL blog) 5) McDonnell Foundation grant harnesses cognitive science…
Read MoreTop 10 Cognitive Fitness Events of 2008 (Webinar)
We have just announced an upcoming webinar to provide a market update: Top 10 Cognitive Fitness Events of 2008 — A Market Update. When: Thursday December 11th, from 12:00 to 1:00 pm Pacific Time. The same webinar will be repeated on Thursday December 18th, from 9:00 to 10:00 pm Pacific Time. The Top 10 Cognitive Fitness…
Read MoreOnline Cognitive Therapy OKed by Health Insurance
My apologies for not writing in a few days…the Global Agenda Summit in Dubai has required all my attention — I will summarize the great experience when I land back in San Francisco tomorrow night. The concepts of night and day do become challenging when working for a few days in a place with a 12-hour…
Read MoreBrain Fitness for Baby Boomers
One of the best articles so far on the growing brain fitness market, by the Associated Press. Click Here to check out story: “This is not just a Nintendo-fueled fad,” he says. “The brain fitness market passed a tipping point in 2007 thanks to the convergence of a very proactive boomer generation hitting their 60s.” Article: Here. Highly…
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