Brain Science Podcast features Alvaro Fernandez on brain fitness

By SharpBrains | August 27, 2013

We are hon­ored that the Brain Sci­ence Pod­cast devot­ed its spe­cial 100 episode to an in-depth inter­view with Alvaro Fer­nan­dez, dis­cussing the new book The Sharp­Brains Guide to Brain Fit­ness: How to Opti­mize Brain Health and Per­for­mance at Any Age (April 2013; 284 pages). As Dr. Gin­ger Camp­bell, the pro­gram host, says, “Brain Fit­ness should not just be…

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Brain Science: “Brain Rules” Podcast

By Dr. Ginger Campbell | July 2, 2008

We are fans of the Brain Sci­ence Pod­cast series host­ed by Gin­ger Camp­bell, so are pleased to announce that Dr. Camp­bell will start offer­ing to Sharp­Brains read­ers, peri­od­i­cal­ly, the high­lights of her most inter­est­ing pod­casts. Below, her first post. Enjoy! — Alvaro ———– In a recent inter­view on the Brain Sci­ence Pod­cast, Dr. John Med­i­na, author…

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The Alfred Nobel legacy: 2007 Nobel Prizes

By Alvaro Fernandez | October 9, 2007 |

In 1895, this will by Alfred Nobel cre­at­ed the Nobel Prizes. One page worth read­ing, with this core para­graph: “The whole of my remain­ing real­iz­able estate shall be dealt with in the fol­low­ing way: the cap­i­tal, invest­ed in safe secu­ri­ties by my execu­tors, shall con­sti­tute a fund, the inter­est on which shall be annu­al­ly distributed…

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10 Highlights from the 2007 Aspen Health Forum

By Alvaro Fernandez | October 8, 2007

The Aspen Health Forum gath­ered an impres­sive group of around 250 peo­ple to dis­cuss the most press­ing issues in Health and Med­ical Sci­ence (check out the Pro­gram and the Speak­ers bios), on Octo­ber 3–6th. It was the first con­fer­ence, by the way, where I have heard a speak­er say: “I resus­ci­tat­ed a woman yes­ter­day”. Key…

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