Posts Tagged ‘public-health’
Study: For good and bad, TV ads promote higher prescribing volume of psychiatric medications
How Are Direct-to-Consumer-Advertisements Changing Psychiatric Drug Use? (The Dana Foundation): “Flip on your television to a commercial station and you are likely to see ads for cars, snacks, and home appliances—and prescription medications. Some ads specifically target psychiatric illnesses
Read MorePublic Brain Health vs. Private Brain Research Funds: How the NFL tried to influence NIH studies
——- How the NFL tried to manipulate a government study on football and brain injuries (Los Angeles Times): “The National Institutes of Health seems to have discovered what communities across the land already know: The National Football League is an untrustworthy partner. According to a report
Read MoreBBC brain training study apparently retracts previous overgeneralized claim that “brain training doesn’t work”
Online brain training ‘helps older adults with everyday tasks’ (BBC): “Nearly 7,000 people aged 50 and over signed up for the six-month experiment, launched by BBC TV’s Bang Goes The Theory…Some of the volunteers were encouraged to play online brain training games for 10 minutes at a time, as often as they wished. The others —…
Read MoreReport: 10 million people develop dementia every year
World Alzheimer Report 2015: Revised Estimates Hint at Larger Epidemic (Alzforum): “Alzheimer’s Disease International yesterday released its World Alzheimer Report 2015: The Global Impact of Dementia. This seventh annual report from the federation of Alzheimer associations updates 2009 estimates of
Read MoreNeuroimaging studies: In soccer, over one thousand “headers” per year can lead to brain injury and cognitive impairment
. Study indicates there may be a heading threshold above which the risk for brain damage increases significantly: An Interview with Michael L. Lipton (Dana Foundation): “Dr. Lipton pioneered the use of MRI technology to detect mild traumatic brain injuries (mTBI) from concussions. Such injuries, which may bring cognitive and behavioral impairment and even neurodegeneration later…
Read MoreNew report by the Institute of Medicine on cognitive health promotion
Title: Cognitive Aging: Progress in Understanding and Opportunities for Action Report brief (opens PDF) Read full report online Description: People forget things—a name, where they put their keys, a phone number—and yet what is dismissed as a minor inconvenience at 25 years of age, can evolve into a momentary anxiety at 35, and a major source…
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