Trend: More healthcare and research facilities offer multipronged brain fitness programs

By SharpBrains | August 22, 2016

Can an exer­cise rou­tine real­ly help keep your men­tal “mus­cles” in good shape? (Har­vard Health Let­ter): “Fear of los­ing your mem­o­ry and think­ing skills is one of the great­est con­cerns of get­ting old­er. Maybe that’s behind the increas­ing num­ber of clin­ics offer­ing brain fit­ness pro­grams. “Brain train­ing” isn’t a typ­i­cal exer­cise pro­gram; it incor­po­rates a…

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Online Cognitive Therapy OKed by Health Insurance

By Alvaro Fernandez | November 9, 2008 |

My apolo­gies for not writ­ing in a few days…the Glob­al Agen­da Sum­mit in Dubai has required all my atten­tion — I will sum­ma­rize the great expe­ri­ence when I land back in San Fran­cis­co tomor­row night. The con­cepts of night and day do become chal­leng­ing when work­ing for a few days in a place with a 12-hour…

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