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

By SharpBrains | March 17, 2016

When 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

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Non-invasive brain stimulation meets nanotechnology

By SharpBrains | March 19, 2015

. 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

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

By SharpBrains | July 24, 2014

G20 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…

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

By Alvaro Fernandez | December 4, 2012

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…

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SSRI antidepressants linked to increased risk of stroke

By SharpBrains | October 19, 2012

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),…

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