Posts Tagged ‘neuropsychological’
Study: To improve memory and thinking skills, try the Mediterranean diet with added olive oil and nuts
. Mediterranean diet may help counteract age-related declines in memory and thinking skills (Harvard Health Blog): “A new study in this week’s JAMA Internal Medicine suggests that eating a Mediterranean-style diet enhanced with extra-virgin olive oil or nuts is good for your mind as well as your heart.
Read MoreNext: Tools to detect and treat “chemo brain” symptoms common in around 35% of breast cancer survivors
UCLA study reveals treatment for women with breast cancer suffering cognitive difficulties (HealthCanal): “UCLA researchers have developed a program that could improve the day-to-day lives of women with breast cancer by addressing post-treatment cognitive difficulties, sometimes known as “chemo brain,” which can affect up to 35 percent of women after their treatments
Read MoreStudy: Enhancing brain functioning, and preventing cognitive decline, via diet, exercise and cognitive training
Healthy eating, exercise, and brain-training program results in slower mental decline for older people (Science Daily): “A comprehensive program providing older people at risk of dementia with healthy eating guidance, exercise, brain training, and management of metabolic and vascular risk factors appears to slow down cognitive decline, according to the first ever randomised controlled trial…
Read MoreStudy: Harnessing a virtual reality brain training game to diagnose mild cognitive impairment (MCI)
. Virtual reality brain training game can detect mild cognitive impairment, a condition that often predates Alzheimer’s disease (press release): “Geek researchers demonstrated the potential of a virtual supermarket cognitive training game as a screening tool for patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) among a sample of older adults… In an article published in the…
Read MoreAccelerating brain health research via online registries
San Francisco-based online ‘brain registry’ seeks volunteers to transform research (San Jose Mercury News): “By volunteering — repeatedly over time — participants join a pool of research subjects in the new Brain Health Registry, opened Tuesday, for studies on brain diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, as well as depression, post-traumatic stress disorder and other neurological…
Read MoreCEO of Cambridge Cognition to speak at 2013 SharpBrains Summit
Ruth Frances Keir runs Cambridge Cognition (AIM: COG), one of the 10 Companies to Watch in 2013/ 2014 according to our latest market report, which develops and commercializes computerised neuropsychological tests used in a variety of healthcare and research settings. She joined the Cambridge Cognition board initially in 2010 as a non-executive director, bringing to it more…
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