September 20, 2010 – 4:15 pm
A response to The New York Times article, “Years Later, No Magic Bullet Against Alzheimer’s Disease”, dated Aug 28, 2010 based on the NIH Report “Preventing Alzheimer’s disease and cognitive decline” from Dr. Peter Magaro. In late spring 2010, the National Institute for Health (NIH) produced a review of research on Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and [...]
By Dr. Peter Magaro | Posted in Alzheimers, Brain Decline, Brain Research, Brain Training Science, Cognitive Neuroscience, cognitive remediation, Cognitive Training, dementia, Health & Wellness, Memory Screening, Memory Training, Mental Health, mild cognitive impairment, Mind Fitness | Also tagged Alzheimer's Disease, Brain Decline, Brain health, Brain Research, brain science, Brain Training, cognitive improvement, cognitive problems, Cognitive Training, Memory Screening, prevent alzheimer's |
Memory Screening: The Latest Debate
Sandra, a fit 65-year-old woman, believes in the benefits of proactive health care. She exercises regularly and never misses an annual physical. So when she sees a flier for a free memory screening event at her local Kmart, she thinks it’s a great opportunity to check on her brain health too. Sandra’s reasoning would seem [...]
Have you ever been curious why some people are able to keep their memory sharp without much effort, where the rest of us have to do all we can to ensure that we keep our cognitive abilities from declining? A new study presented by Changiz Geula, PhD, (principal investigator of the Northwestern University Super Aging [...]
By Dr. Bernard Croisile | Posted in Alzheimers, Cognitive Neuroscience, neural connections, Neurons | Also tagged Alzheimer's Disease, Brain health, Brain Research, brain science, brain tangles, cognitive improvement, memory loss, Tau Protiens |
Brain Fitness for Life has long reported on the positive benefits of physical exercise and brain health: https://brainfitnessforlife.com/fitness/physical-brain-boosters https://brainfitnessforlife.com/brain-exercises/want-to-get-smarter https://brainfitnessforlife.com/uncategorized/exercise-to-get-new-neurons https://brainfitnessforlife.com/alzheimers/even-a-little-exercise-is-beneficial Recent research coming out of the Mayo Clinic, and published in the Archives of Neurology, adds to the growing body of evidence that adults who engage in moderate exercise during midlife or late in [...]
February 5, 2010 – 2:13 pm
It’s long been known by the medical and scientific community that not all people with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) will go on to develop Alzheimer’s Disease. We do know, however, that MCI is typically a precursor to all Alzheimer’s Disease cases. For patients with MCI, predicting their likelihood of developing Alzheimer’s Disease can be a [...]
Alzheimer’s Rate Higher in NFL Players
September 30, 2009 – 10:39 pm
Yesterday the New York Times reported on a study commissioned by the National Football League. The findings were a big concern for NFL players. It seems Alzheimer’s disease or similar memory-related diseases appear to have been diagnosed in the league’s former players vastly more often than in the national population — including a rate of [...]
A Warning Sign of Something Worse?
September 28, 2009 – 4:13 pm
Scientific American posted an interesting article that proposed to put a predictive time line on the development of Alzheimer’s disease. Read about it here. Whether it’s decision making, judgment, basic math, memory loss or other brain function, it is increasingly important to stimulate all these cognitive capabilities on a regular basis. One is rarely used [...]
More Brain Facts
August 11, 2009 – 5:35 pm
You may find this primer about brain development and functioning, created by the Society of Neuroscience quite interesting. They are a nonprofit organization of scientists and physicians who study the brain and nervous system and whose mission it to research and educate. The primer is called Brain Facts. It’s written with a non-medical audience in [...]
By Dr. Michel Noir | Posted in Brain anatomy and imaging, Brain Decline, Brain health, Cognitive Neuroscience, Health & Wellness, Mind/Body, Neurons | Also tagged Add new tag, Brain Research, brain science, brain strength, Brain Training, memory loss, neural pathways |
Not just one, but two recent studies have shown that increases in caffeine caused significant decreases in abnormal levels of proteins linked to Alzheimer’s Disease. The scientists believe that the discoveries could lead to caffeine being a treatment in the future as well as defensive strategy to the disease. Pour another cup of coffee and [...]
The 5th annual Games for Health Conference was held in Boston. It was co-sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, from whom HAPPYneuron was a proud award recipient last year. I presented about enabling better tools for professionally guided Cognitive Remediation programs. The slides can be found here…..
By Laura Fay | Posted in Brain Decline, Cognitive Impairment, cognitive remediation, Health & Wellness, Mental Health, mild cognitive impairment, plasticity | Also tagged Add new tag, Alzheimer's Disease, Brain Decline, cognitive improvement, Cognitive Neuroscience, cognitive problems, Cognitive Rehabilitation, cognitive remediation |