Category: Brain Health

Source: https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/healthy-moments/Pages/archive.aspx#hm455

Bariatric surgery can help people with severe obesity, and Dr. Rodgers explains the benefits and considerations….

Source: http://www.webmd.com/cancer/brain-cancer/news/20170403/electric-cap-might-help-fight-a-deadly-brain-tumor?src=RSS_PUBLIC

Study found significant increase in survival 2 years after diagnosis

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Source: http://sharpbrains.com/blog/2017/04/03/neuroplasticity-past-present-and-future/

The Weisman Art Museum in Minneapolis hosts a wonderful temporary exhibit highlighting the medical illustrations of neuroplasticity pioneer Santiago Ramón y Cajal. Titled The Beautiful Brain: The Drawings of Santiago Ramón y Cajal, it will remain open until May 21st, 2017.

Who was Ramón y Cajal? Why does his research matter? Keep reading article over at The Creativity Post.

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Head injuries can adversely affect hundreds of genes in the brain that put people at high risk for diseases including Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, PTSD, stroke, ADHD, autism, depression and schizophrenia, UCLA scientists report. The researchers identified for the first time master genes that they believe control hundreds of other genes which are linked to a wide

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Source: http://womensbrainhealth.org/think-twice/understanding-differences-in-occurrences-of-mental-health-disorders

by Edie Guo for The Varsity: U of T’s Dr. Einstein studies why women have higher incidences of dementia and depression. Dementia is a general term used to describe the impairment of a minimum of two brain functions, including memory……

Source: http://womensbrainhealth.org/think-twice/why-gender-is-a-crucial-but-overlooked-factor-in-heart-disease

by Vera Regits-Zagrosek, MD for Elsevier: In most European countries, women with myocardial infarction come much later to emergency departments than men. Once in the hospital, they are diagnosed later than men. Diagnosis does not always lead to a positive result,……

Source: http://sharpbrains.com/blog/2017/03/31/5-quick-brain-teasers-to-sharpen-two-key-cognitive-skills-attention-and-working-memory/

Looking for some fun–and free–cognitive stimulation over the weekend? Here you have a few quick brain teasers to challenge your atten­tion and your work­ing mem­ory (work­ing mem­ory is the capacity to keep infor­ma­tion in your mind while working on processing and integrating it)

Please give them a try…they are not as easy as they may seem

• 1. Say the days of the week back­wards, then in alpha­bet­i­cal order. (Speak other languages? Try doing the same in Spanish, French, Mandarin…)
• 2. Say the months of the year in alpha­bet­i­cal order. Easy? Well, why don…

Source: http://www.webmd.com/cancer/news/20170331/survival-continues-to-improve-for-most-cancers?src=RSS_PUBLIC

Still, more progress is needed and racial disparities remain, U.S. report finds

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Source: https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/healthy-moments/Pages/archive.aspx#hm456

Dr. Rodgers explains how teens with severe obesity may benefit from bariatric surgery….

Source: http://www.webmd.com/allergies/news/20170401/epipen-us-recall?src=RSS_PUBLIC

The recall was triggered by a defective part, manufacturer Mylan says

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