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New treatments are bringing new hope for people with hepatitis C. WebMD has the details

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How offices can offer accommodations for boomers and others with hearing loss…

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What is the key to wellness, longevity and aging well? More on finding happiness, spiritual health….

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Heads-up: From today until Sunday you can enter this goodreads giveaway and receive a free print copy of the book The SharpBrains Guide to Brain Fitness: How to Optimize Brain Health and Performance at Any Age.

Giveaway ends in:
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Availability:
20 copies available, 319 people requesting
Giveaway dates:
May 21 – May 29, 2016
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USA, Canada, United Kingdom and Australia.
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Source: http://womensbrainhealth.org/think-it-over/many-with-mild-cognitive-impairment-missed-in-screening

by Bradley J. Fikes for The San Diego Union-Tribune: In a finding with potentially big significance for combating age-related dementia such as Alzheimer’s disease, a study by UC San Diego and VA San Diego scientists has found a disturbingly high……

Source: http://womensbrainhealth.org/think-outside-the-box/leaky-blood-brain-barrier-linked-to-alzheimers

by Medical XPress: Researchers using contrast-enhanced MRI have identified leakages in the blood-brain barrier (BBB) of people with early Alzheimer’s disease (AD), according to a new study published online in the journal Radiology. The results suggest that increased BBB permeability……

Source: http://sharpbrains.com/blog/2016/05/25/status-quo-is-not-enough-common-tests-for-mild-cognitive-impairment-lack-both-sensitivity-and-specificity/

Current screening methods miss worrisome number of persons with mild cognitive impairment (ScienceDaily):

“Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is a slight but noticeable and measurable decline in cognitive abilities, such as remembering names or a list of items. While changes may not be severe enough to disrupt daily life, a clinical diagnosis of MCI indicates an increased risk of eventually developing Alzheimer’s disease or another type of dementia.

In a paper published in the current Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System say existing screening tools for MC…

Source: http://sharpbrains.com/blog/2016/05/31/public-brain-health-vs-private-brain-research-funds-how-the-nfl-tried-to-influence-studies/

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How the NFL tried to manipulate a government study on football and brain injuries (Los Angeles Times):

“The National Institutes of Health seems to have discovered what communities across the land already know: The National Football League is an untrustworthy partner.

According to a report released Monday by the Democratic staff of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, the NFL pressured the NIH to cancel a $16-million grant to study football-related brain injuries to a prominent Boston brain researcher who the league claimed was biased. The NIH had found no evidence that the researc…

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Read the latest about Medicare and insurance news and issues including Medicaid, health care insurance and prescription drug coverage….