Posts Tagged ‘medications’
Update: Let’s transform brain health from “suffer-in-silence” to “let-me-take-control”
Time for our September 2014 e‑newsletter, featuring a wealth of insights and innovations reports…including four thought-provoking interviews with Sponsors of the 2014 SharpBrains Virtual Summit (October 28–30th). Enjoy! New perspectives at the frontier of Brain, Health & Innovation: Barbara Arrowsmith Young: Every kid should practice stress reduction and targeted cognitive exercises at school Michael Meagher (Cogniciti): Let’s transform brain…
Read MoreSmart pills as cognitive enhancement? Let’s first monitor negative cognitive side-effects of common medications
Memory Loss Could Be The Fault Of Your Meds, Not Your Age (International Business Times): “Memory loss isn’t always an inevitable sign of getting old – in some cases, common medications that seniors take to treat insomnia, anxiety, or even allergies could be to blame…Tannenbaum and her colleagues recently investigated what kinds of medication are most…
Read MoreThe State of Personalized Medicine: The Role of Biomarkers
(Editor’s Note: this is Part 1 of the new 3‑part series written by Dr. Evian Gordon drawing from his participation at the Personalized Medicine World Congress on January, 23, 2012 at Stanford University.) On average, the medications prescribed for brain-related conditions benefit approximately 50% of patients. But which 50%? Personalized Medicine seeks to move away from…
Read MoreNew Series on Personalized Medicine and the Brain (PMWC 2012)
“On average, the medications prescribed for brain-related conditions benefit approximately 50% of patients. But which 50%?.” “We need unambiguous biomarkers that are clinically relevant and scalable at reasonable cost. They already exist in Cancer. But they do not yet exist in the Brain.” What may change that?
Read MoreA Multi-Pronged Approach to Brain Health
Try eating food with one chop stick. It is possible, for certain types of food. But probably not the best approach. Let’s now talk brain health. Dr. Larry McCleary is a former acting Chief of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Denver Children’s Hospital, and author of the The Brain Trust Program (Perigee Trade, 2007). He agreed to help…
Read MoreBrains Way Smarter Than Ours (and yours, probably)
Roundup of recent articles: 1) Awards ‑Very smart brains: Fun Slate article, Seven Ingenious Rules: How to become a MacArthur genius, once the 24 new MacArthur Fellows were announced (Dear reader: if you are a past, present or future winner, please forgive me for the title). ‑The Tech Museum of Innovation Announces 2007 Awards (we had…
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