New study reinforces need for proactive cognitive monitoring after heart surgery

By SharpBrains | October 26, 2018

___ Heart surgery: Does it impact cog­ni­tive abil­i­ty? (Med­ical News Today): “Almost 8 mil­lion peo­ple in the Unit­ed States under­go car­dio­vas­cu­lar surgery or oth­er relat­ed pro­ce­dures each year. Thanks to the steady improve­ments made by med­ical sci­ence, the pro­ce­dures are becom­ing ever safer and can give peo­ple a new lease of life. Aware of improve­ments in phys­i­cal health…

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Harnessing neurotech for actual Human Enhancement — i.e., how to prevent ‘Frankenstein’ Brains

By SharpBrains | August 7, 2017

___ The Neu­rotech Rev­o­lu­tion Could Lead To ‘Franken­stein’ Brains. Here’s How We Avoid It (Forbes): “Year 2030, your col­lege-age daugh­ter, who has nor­mal hear­ing, has been pound­ing on you to get the lat­est hear­ing aid that allows one to can­cel out noise on demand, ampli­fy select­ed ambi­ent con­ver­sa­tions at will, and can eas­i­ly con­nect to…

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Study: Brain scans mapping language and memory areas can help guide epilepsy-related surgeries

By SharpBrains | January 13, 2017

Can brain scans help doc­tors nav­i­gate epilep­sy surgery? (UPI) “…When med­ica­tion does­n’t effec­tive­ly con­trol epilep­sy, surgery may be rec­om­mend­ed. Doc­tors can remove the part of the brain that trig­gers seizures or use cer­tain pro­ce­dures to con­trol seizure activ­i­ty. Before surgery, how­ev­er, the brain must be “mapped” to ensure the regions respon­si­ble for lan­guage and memory…

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