Posts Tagged ‘MCI’
10 Predictions on How Digital Platforms will Transform Brain Health in 2013
Just a quick note: we’ll host a webinar on January 30th to discuss key market predictions based on “The Digital Brain Health Market 2012–2020: Web-based, mobile and biometrics-based technology to assess, monitor and enhance cognition and brain functioning”, our new market report. Here are 10 predictions, many of which will likely be realized before the…
Read MoreCognitive Functioning Impacts Health, Life. Better Monitoring Emerges as Critical
New Research Links Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) to Increased Isolation and Risk of Death (AAIC press release): — “Two studies presented today at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference® 2012 (AAIC® 2012) in Vancouver provide evidence of connections between mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and negative health outcomes – increased isolation and death.”
Read MoreDiagnosing early Alzheimer’s and Mild Cognitive Impairment: Emerging Challenges and Implications
Blurry line in diagnosing early Alzheimer’s: study (Reuters): “The revised definition of a brain condition called mild cognitive impairment means that many people now considered to have mild or early Alzheimer’s disease could easily be given that diagnosis instead, suggests a new study.”
Read MoreUpdate: The Future of Preventive Brain Medicine
Time for SharpBrains’ January 2012 eNewsletter, featuring in this occasion multiple thought-provoking perspectives on how emerging neuroscience can and should make us rethink prevailing practices in education, healthy aging and preventive medicine. Featured Perspectives: The Future of Preventive Brain Medicine: Breaking Down the Cognition & Alzheimer’s Disease Alphabet Soup, by Dr. Dharma Singh Khalsa When 1 +…
Read MoreStudy: Cognitive Training in Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI)
We just came across a new scientific study on the value and limitations of cognitive training in Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), based on a program of cognitive exercises provided by Lumos Labs (developers of lumosity.com). Study: Computerised Cognitive Training for Older Persons With Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Pilot Study Using a Randomised Controlled Trial Design (Brain Impairment):
Read MoreStudy: Cognitive Markers or Biomarkers to manage Cognitive Health across the Lifespan?
Predicting Alzheimer’s Disease More Accurate Through Cognitive Changes Than Biomarkers (Medical News): “Measuring people’s changes in cognitive abilities is a better predictor of Alzheimer’s disease than changes in biomarkers, researchers from the Benito Menni Complex Assistencial en Salut Mental, Barcelona, Spain, reported in Archives of General Psychiatry, a JAMA journal.” “The investigators used a range of…
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