Study: Brief sleep intervention provides enduring benefits to children with ADHD

By Dr. David Rabiner | February 7, 2019

Sleep prob­lems are com­mon in chil­dren with ADHD, are more per­sis­tent than in the gen­er­al pop­u­la­tion, and often exac­er­bate dif­fi­cul­ties asso­ci­at­ed with ADHD. For exam­ple, poor sleep can enhance dif­fi­cul­ties with atten­tion and con­cen­tra­tion that most youth with ADHD expe­ri­ence. Research has shown that brief sleep inter­ven­tions can improve sleep in youth with­out ADHD who…

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Study: Only 5% of US children ages 8–11 follow screen time, sleep and exercise guidelines recommended for brain development

By SharpBrains | October 9, 2018

___ Lim­it­ing chil­dren’s screen time linked to bet­ter cog­ni­tion, study says (CNN): “Lim­it­ing kids’ recre­ation­al screen time to less than two hours a day, along with suf­fi­cient sleep and phys­i­cal activ­i­ty, is asso­ci­at­ed with improved cog­ni­tion, accord­ing to a study pub­lished in The Lancet Child & Ado­les­cent Health. The study includ­ed about 4,500 US children…

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On neuroplasticity, psychedelics, forest bathing, drinking, sleep and more: The Month in Review

By SharpBrains | August 27, 2018

___ Dear read­er, It’s time for Sharp­Brains month­ly e‑newsletter explor­ing the lat­est think­ing, sci­ence and tools for life­long brain health and men­tal well-being. Enjoy! New research: Psy­che­delics can pro­mote neur­al plas­tic­i­ty in the pre­frontal cor­tex and expand path­ways for men­tal health Drink­ing up to 5–8 glass­es of wine or beer a week not seen to increase dementia…

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Trend: Growing research on the relationship between sleep and Alzheimer’s Disease

By SharpBrains | August 15, 2018

___ The brain may clean out Alzheimer’s plaques dur­ing sleep (Sci­ence­News): “Bendlin’s stud­ies are part of a mod­est but grow­ing body of research sug­gest­ing that a sleep-deprived brain might be more vul­ner­a­ble to Alzheimer’s dis­ease. In ani­mal stud­ies, lev­els of plaque-for­m­ing A‑beta plum­met dur­ing sleep. Oth­er research sug­gests that a snooz­ing brain runs the “clean…

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Update: 200 common prescription medications increase depression risk

By SharpBrains | June 28, 2018

___ Dear read­er, Time for Sharp­Brains e‑newsletter. It’s been a busy month, once again bring­ing to the fore­front the lim­i­ta­tions of our cur­rent health­care sys­tem and, on the pos­i­tive side, the grow­ing oppor­tu­ni­ties to improve Brain Health and Men­tal Health for all, if we pay atten­tion to (and act on) lat­est research, think­ing and tools. New…

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