Source: https://sharpbrains.com/blog/2019/12/17/study-for-better-memory-and-thinking-skills-at-age-70-and-beyond-play-cards-and-board-games-from-age-11/
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Cards, board games could ward off cognitive decline (UPI):
“Playing cards and board games like chess, bingo and Scrabble might be the mental workout you need to keep your wits as you age, Scottish researchers suggest.
People in their 70s who regularly play board games score higher on tests of memory and thinking skills than those who don’t. And 70-somethings who step up their game-playing are more likely to maintain thinking skills as they age, researchers say … Unlike reading, writing, taking classes, visiting museums, libraries or friends and relatives, games appear …
Source: https://sharpbrains.com/blog/2019/12/17/study-for-better-memory-and-thinking-skills-at-age-70-and-beyond-play-cards-and-board-games-from-age-11/
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Cards, board games could ward off cognitive decline (UPI):
“Playing cards and board games like chess, bingo and Scrabble might be the mental workout you need to keep your wits as you age, Scottish researchers suggest.
People in their 70s who regularly play board games score higher on tests of memory and thinking skills than those who don’t. And 70-somethings who step up their game-playing are more likely to maintain thinking skills as they age, researchers say … Unlike reading, writing, taking classes, visiting museums, libraries or friends and relatives, games appear …
Source: https://sharpbrains.com/blog/2019/12/18/wishing-you-a-happy-new-decade-and-sharing-eight-brain-wellness-tips-to-make-it-possible/
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Ready for a Happy New Year and Happy New Decade?
Here’s a special edition of the SharpBrains monthly e‑newsletter featuring the latest on brain health and mental well-being — we hope you enjoy these tips and advice about what to do, and what not to, to promote brain wellness in 2020 and beyond:
Practice Breathing & Compassion: Three evidence-based ways to develop a resilient mind
… and a Sport you love: <a href="https://sharpbrains.com/blog/2019/12/16/play-sports-smartly-for-a-quieter-brain-and-better-auditory-processing/"…
Source: https://sharpbrains.com/blog/2019/12/18/wishing-you-a-happy-new-decade-and-sharing-eight-brain-wellness-tips-to-make-it-possible/
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Ready for a Happy New Year and Happy New Decade?
Here’s a special edition of the SharpBrains monthly e‑newsletter featuring the latest on brain health and mental well-being — we hope you enjoy these tips and advice about what to do, and what not to, to promote brain wellness in 2020 and beyond:
Practice Breathing & Compassion: Three evidence-based ways to develop a resilient mind
… and a Sport you love: <a href="https://sharpbrains.com/blog/2019/12/16/play-sports-smartly-for-a-quieter-brain-and-better-auditory-processing/"…
Source: https://womensbrainhealth.org/helpful-thinking/alzheimers-patients-may-need-help-celebrating-the-holidays
by Cumberland Times-News: For the millions of families affected by Alzheimer’s disease, the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America is providing tips on how to adapt holiday gatherings to make them as enjoyable as possible for someone living with Alzheimer’s or another……
Source: https://womensbrainhealth.org/helpful-thinking/alzheimers-patients-may-need-help-celebrating-the-holidays
by Cumberland Times-News: For the millions of families affected by Alzheimer’s disease, the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America is providing tips on how to adapt holiday gatherings to make them as enjoyable as possible for someone living with Alzheimer’s or another……
Source: https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/addiction/news/20191218/more-us-teens-are-vaping-pot?src=RSS_PUBLIC
As electronic-cigarette use has soared among America’s teens, so too has the number vaping marijuana, two new reports indicate.
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Source: https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/addiction/news/20191218/more-us-teens-are-vaping-pot?src=RSS_PUBLIC
As electronic-cigarette use has soared among America’s teens, so too has the number vaping marijuana, two new reports indicate.
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Source: https://www.webmd.com/eye-health/news/20191216/do-blue-light-glasses-work?src=RSS_PUBLIC
More people are turning to blue light glasses to block the light from digital screens. But do they really work?
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Source: https://www.webmd.com/eye-health/news/20191216/do-blue-light-glasses-work?src=RSS_PUBLIC
More people are turning to blue light glasses to block the light from digital screens. But do they really work?
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Source: https://sharpbrains.com/blog/2019/12/13/first-digital-health-formulary-by-express-scripts-includes-cbt-based-programs-to-treat-depression-anxiety-and-insomnia/
Source: Express Scripts
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Express Scripts Launches First Digital Health Formulary for Apps & Devices (HIT Consultant):
“Starting in January 2020, Express Scripts Digital Health Formulary will initially include 15 solutions for remote monitoring services and digital therapeutics that aid in the management of eight of the country’s most common chronic conditions: diabetes, prediabetes, hypertension, asthma, pulmonary disea…
Source: https://sharpbrains.com/blog/2019/12/13/first-digital-health-formulary-by-express-scripts-includes-cbt-based-programs-to-treat-depression-anxiety-and-insomnia/
Source: Express Scripts
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Express Scripts Launches First Digital Health Formulary for Apps & Devices (HIT Consultant):
“Starting in January 2020, Express Scripts Digital Health Formulary will initially include 15 solutions for remote monitoring services and digital therapeutics that aid in the management of eight of the country’s most common chronic conditions: diabetes, prediabetes, hypertension, asthma, pulmonary disea…
Source: https://www.webmd.com/lupus/features/gift-you-cant-repay?src=RSS_PUBLIC
A woman resigned to dialysis treatments three times a week gets a rare gift when a friend shows up at the hospital and asks, “Will you be my kidney sista?”
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Source: https://www.webmd.com/lupus/features/gift-you-cant-repay?src=RSS_PUBLIC
A woman resigned to dialysis treatments three times a week gets a rare gift when a friend shows up at the hospital and asks, “Will you be my kidney sista?”
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Source: https://www.webmd.com/drug-medication/news/20191213/us-house-passes-drug-pricing-bill?src=RSS_PUBLIC
However, the bill has no chance of being passed by the Republican-controlled Senate and the White House has threatened to veto it, the Associated Press reported.
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Source: https://www.webmd.com/drug-medication/news/20191213/us-house-passes-drug-pricing-bill?src=RSS_PUBLIC
However, the bill has no chance of being passed by the Republican-controlled Senate and the White House has threatened to veto it, the Associated Press reported.
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Source: http://yourbrainhealth.com.au/age-related-muscle-wasting-and-cognitive-decline-linked/
by Blake Alec Miranda.
We’re all familiar with the concept that with ageing comes a gradual loss of bone density and reduced size and strength of our muscles.
Some loss of muscle and bone density is normal, but losing too much leads to frailty and increased risk of injury.
We’re also familiar with the idea that ageing is associated with cognitive decline – a gradual loss of memory and slowed ‘thinking’ and reaction times.
But here’s an idea that may be new: cognitive decline and muscle loss may be linked.
Understanding how muscle loss and cognition influence one another is crucial towards pinpointing the mechanisms that underlie both dementia and the muscle-wasting disease of ageing, sarcopenia.
The mus…
Source: http://yourbrainhealth.com.au/age-related-muscle-wasting-and-cognitive-decline-linked/
by Blake Alec Miranda.
We’re all familiar with the concept that with ageing comes a gradual loss of bone density and reduced size and strength of our muscles.
Some loss of muscle and bone density is normal, but losing too much leads to frailty and increased risk of injury.
We’re also familiar with the idea that ageing is associated with cognitive decline – a gradual loss of memory and slowed ‘thinking’ and reaction times.
But here’s an idea that may be new: cognitive decline and muscle loss may be linked.
Understanding how muscle loss and cognition influence one another is crucial towards pinpointing the mechanisms that underlie both dementia and the muscle-wasting disease of ageing, sarcopenia.
The mus…