Large study finds that placebo works as well as vitamin D supplements to prevent depression and improve mood

By Alvaro Fernandez | August 6, 2020

Large Study Con­firms Vit­a­min D Does Not Reduce Risk of Depres­sion in Adults (Mass Gen­er­al press release): Vit­a­min D sup­ple­men­ta­tion does not pro­tect against depres­sion in mid­­dle-age or old­er adult­hood accord­ing results from one of the largest ever stud­ies of its kind … “There was no sig­nif­i­cant ben­e­fit from the sup­ple­ment for this pur­pose. It…

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Top Brainnovations to monitor and improve Brain Health

By SharpBrains | August 6, 2019

? Top Brain­no­va­tions to mon­i­tor and improve Brain Health from Sharp­Brains Hop­ing you enjoy this slid­edeck sup­port­ing the fas­ci­nat­ing Brainnova­tions Pitch Con­test held dur­ing the 2019 Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Sum­mit: The Future of Brain Health (March 7–9th).  Full record­ings are avail­able for pur­chase here. Giv­en the suc­cess of the first Brainnova­tions Pitch Con­test in 2017 (details here), the 2019 Summit…

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AARP: A majority of Americans believe dietary supplements improve brain health, despite the lack of evidence

By SharpBrains | June 14, 2019

_____ New Report Dis­cour­ages Adults From Using Brain Health Sup­ple­ments (Pre­ven­tion): “This morn­ing, the Glob­al Coun­sel on Brain Health released a report con­clud­ing that dietary sup­ple­ments do not improve brain health or pre­vent cog­ni­tive decline, demen­tia, or Alzheimer’s dis­ease. The report, released by the AARP, flat­ly rec­om­mends that most con­sumers do not take sup­ple­ments for…

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Study finds training-induced neuroplasticity even in patients with chronic traumatic brain injury (TBI)

By SharpBrains | June 6, 2018

_____ Cog­ni­tive train­ing reduces depres­sion, rebuilds injured brain struc­ture & con­nec­tiv­i­ty after trau­mat­ic brain injury (UT-Dal­las release): “New research from the Cen­ter for Brain­Health at The Uni­ver­si­ty of Texas at Dal­las shows that cer­tain cog­ni­tive train­ing exer­cis­es can help reduce depres­sion and improve brain health in indi­vid­u­als years after they have suf­fered a trau­mat­ic brain…

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Let’s improve Brain Health Literacy during Brain Awareness Week 2018

By Alvaro Fernandez | March 2, 2018

___ Please join us in get­ting ready to cel­e­brate Brain Aware­ness Week 2018 (March 12–18th), the annu­al glob­al cam­paign orga­nized by the Dana Foun­da­tion to increase pub­lic aware­ness about the progress and ben­e­fits of brain research. To learn about activ­i­ties in your area, please vis­it BAW’s Inter­na­tion­al Cal­en­dar of events. And remem­ber you don’t need to trav­el any­where to…

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Click Therapeutics, AUGMENTx, Sincrolab: Top Brainnovations to improve Brain Health & Performance

By SharpBrains | January 2, 2018

Top Brain­no­va­tion to improve Brain Health & Per­for­mance (record­ing requires reg­is­tra­tion; view slid­edeck above or Here). The three Final­ists were: Click Ther­a­peu­tics – pitch by David Klein, Co-Founder & CEO AUG­MEN­Tx (WINNER) – pitch by Dr. Albert Kwon, Co-Founder & CEO Sin­cro­lab – pitch by Igna­cio de Ramon, Co-Founder & CEO Judged by: Alexan­dra More­house, Chief Mar­ket­ing Offi­cer at Ban­ner Health; Col­in Mil­ner, Founder and CEO of the Inter­na­tion­al Coun­cil on Active Aging (ICAA); Dan­ny Dankn­er, CEO and Co-founder of Applied Cog­ni­tive Engi­neer­ing; Zack…

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