Posts Tagged ‘Senility’
Brain Failure and Brain Fitness: A Farewell to Dementia?
A dreaded diagnosis, that dimmed and dooming dilemma. Feared, sometimes fought, too often forgotten. It is the grayest, ghastliest elephant in the room: dementia. What is dementia? I, like many others who dedicate their professional efforts to its study and treatment, have no good answer. I believe we are lost in our lexicon, trying to…
Read MoreCognitive Health News Round-Up
Round-up of interesting recent news on cognitive health and fitness: the field is in motion. 1) Baycrest creates Centre for Brain Fitness with $10-million Investment from Ontario Government (Canada NewsWire) 2) Cognitive tests are the best way to select medical students (EurekAlert) 3) High blood pressure hard on the aging brain (Reuters) 4) Alzheimer’s tests beneficial for seniors (Atlanta-Journal…
Read MoreBrain Health and Alzheimer’s Prevention
We just received these two very thought-provoking essays on Alzheimer’s Disease and brain health, as part of a writing workshop, led by Susan Hill in Lakeland, Florida, with a group of grade 9–11 homeschoolers. Without further ado, here you are both Essays: Essay A. Preventing Alzheimer’s at Work – By Josh H 5,000,000: that is the number…
Read MoreBrain Training and Brain fitness games
Fun quick article, titled Review: Latest Brain-Teasing Video Games, on Brain Training, “Nintendo Brain Age”, “Big Brain Academy”, “Hot Brain”, “Brain Boost”, “Brain Genius”, “Brain Juice”, “Brain Challenge”, “Mind Quiz”… Please remember to use our checklists on How to Select the Right Brain Fitness Program-short checklist or the full length version‑, if you are looking for…
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