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Fact: Multiple factors can contribute to memory problems…and “getting older” is often not the main one

March 17, 2016 by SharpBrains

Memory_problems_doctorWhen Mem­o­ry Changes Are More Than ‘Just Get­ting Old­er’ (US News):

“You’ve prob­a­bly heard this phrase before: “I’m just get­ting older”…The expla­na­tion should be used with cau­tion, though. Often, I tell my patients not to blame some­thing they are expe­ri­enc­ing on “just get­ting old­er,” because they might miss some­thing that could be treat­able [Read more…] about Fact: Mul­ti­ple fac­tors can con­tribute to mem­o­ry problems…and “get­ting old­er” is often not the main one

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Education & Lifelong Learning Tagged With: brain, cognitive problems, delirium, depression, medical conditions, medication, memory, memory complaints, older, stroke, thyroid problems

Non-invasive brain stimulation meets nanotechnology

March 19, 2015 by SharpBrains

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MIT Researchers Devel­op Wire­less, Non­in­va­sive Deep Brain Stim­u­la­tion Approach (Med Device online):

“Sci­en­tists have intro­duced a nov­el method of admin­is­ter­ing brain stim­u­la­tion that requires no implants or exter­nal con­nec­tions. By inject­ing mag­net­ic nanopar­ti­cles into the brain, researchers have found that they can manip­u­late neu­rons by apply­ing exter­nal mag­net­ic fields [Read more…] about Non-inva­sive brain stim­u­la­tion meets nanotechnology

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Filed Under: Technology & Innovation Tagged With: brain-stimulation, deep-brain-stimulation, MIT, nanoparticles, nanotechnology, Neurons, Neurotechnology, non-invasive neurotechnology, noninvasive brain stimulation, stroke, Transcranial-Magnetic-Stimulation

Why “disorders of the brain” deserve at least equal attention as cardiovascular diseases and cancer

July 24, 2014 by SharpBrains

brain-femaleprofileG20 World Brain Map­ping and Ther­a­peu­tics Ini­tia­tive Part­ners with EU Human Brain Project (DD&D):

“Accord­ing to the World Health Orga­ni­za­tion’s large-scale stud­ies, about a third of the adult world­wide pop­u­la­tion suf­fer from a men­tal dis­or­der such as depres­sion, anx­i­ety and schiz­o­phre­nia. If also tak­en togeth­er with neu­ro­log­i­cal dis­or­ders, such as demen­tia and stroke, these “dis­or­ders of the brain” account for [Read more…] about Why “dis­or­ders of the brain” deserve at least equal atten­tion as car­dio­vas­cu­lar dis­eases and cancer

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health Tagged With: anxiety, Australia, dementia, depression, G20, Group of Twenty, mental-disorder, neurological disorders, Russia, schizophrenia, stroke, UK, usa

New virtual reality platforms for brain health assessments and therapies: Oculus Rift, Morpheus

March 25, 2014 by SharpBrains

OculusVir­tu­al Real­i­ty is Here. Can We Play With It? (The New York Times):

“…I can assure you that vir­tu­al real­i­ty works. Tech­nol­o­gy is no longer the lim­i­ta­tion. The lin­ger­ing ques­tion is what game design­ers, artists and film­mak­ers should do with it…Oculus VR sold [Read more…] about New vir­tu­al real­i­ty plat­forms for brain health assess­ments and ther­a­pies: Ocu­lus Rift, Morpheus

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: Facebook, Morpheus, neuroplasticity, Oculus Rift, Sony, stroke, videogame, virtual-reality

New market report analyzing the growing Digital Brain Health market 2012–2020

December 4, 2012 by Alvaro Fernandez

We are proud to release today what we believe is our best mar­ket intel­li­gence report so far, track­ing how ful­ly auto­mat­ed appli­ca­tions designed to assess, mon­i­tor and/ or enhance cog­ni­tion and brain func­tion­ing are trans­form­ing brain health, and health overall.

Here are a few exam­ples of what we mean by Dig­i­tal Brain Health, select­ed from among the 5 Mar­ket Lead­ers and 10 Com­pa­nies to Watch in 2013/2014 iden­ti­fied through our com­pre­hen­sive analysis.

  • A 30-minute online brain health assess­ment and per­son­al­ized brain fit­ness pro­gram used by large com­pa­nies like Nation­wide Insur­ance and Accen­ture to improve employee’s pro­duc­tiv­i­ty and men­tal wellness
  • An online cog­ni­tive train­ing pro­gram offered by sev­er­al large AAA chap­ters to mem­bers age 50+ to improve dri­ving safety
  • A com­put­er­ized cog­ni­tive behav­ioral ther­a­py offered by the NHS in the UK as a first-line inter­ven­tion for anx­i­ety and depression
  • A ful­ly dig­i­tal head­set and plat­form that mea­sures basic brain states (such as lev­el of atten­tion) and is being used to help peo­ple med­i­tate bet­ter and reduce ADHD symptoms
  • An iPad-based assess­ment that tracks cog­ni­tive per­for­mance over time to help detect con­cus­sions among football/ hock­ey play­ers and mil­i­tary per­son­nel [Read more…] about New mar­ket report ana­lyz­ing the grow­ing Dig­i­tal Brain Health mar­ket 2012–2020

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: Alzheimers-disease, attention-deficits, brain health assessment, Brain-Fitness, brain-functioning, brain-heath, cognition, computerized cognitive behavioral therapy, digital, digital brain health, dyslexia, healthy-aging, mild-cognitive-impairment, Peak Performance, schizophrenia, stroke, Traumatic-Brain-Injury

SSRI antidepressants linked to increased risk of stroke

October 19, 2012 by SharpBrains

Anti­de­pres­sants linked to risk of brain bleeds (Chica­go Tribune):

“Peo­ple using a com­mon class of anti­de­pres­sants may have slight­ly increased odds of suf­fer­ing bleed­ing in the brain — though the risk is still very small, researchers report­ed Wednesday…The anti­de­pres­sants are known as selec­tive sero­tonin reup­take inhibitors (SSRIs), and include wide­ly used drugs like flu­ox­e­tine (Prozac), ser­tra­line (Zoloft), citalo­pram (Celexa) and parox­e­tine (Pax­il).” [Read more…] about SSRI anti­de­pres­sants linked to increased risk of stroke

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health Tagged With: antidepressants, Celexa, Paxil, Prozac, serotonin, SSRIs, stroke, Zoloft

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