Category: Brain Health

Source: https://sharpbrains.com/blog/2019/12/12/mindstrong-health-recruits-slew-of-silicon-valley-talent/

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Mindstrong Health Expands Executive Team to Advance Technology for New Virtual Mental Health Care Model (press release):

“Mindstrong Health, a healthcare innovation company dedicated to transforming mental health through innovations in digital measurement and virtual care models, tod…

Source: https://www.webmd.com/brain/news/20191210/man-who-inspired-ice-bucket-challenge-dies?src=RSS_PUBLIC

Peter Frates, who inspired the Ice Bucket Challenge that raised awareness about the neurodegenerative disease ALS, has died at the age of 34.

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Source: https://womensbrainhealth.org/better-thinking/double-the-number-of-women-suffer-from-dementia-so-why-are-even-the-lab-rats-in-brain-studies-male

by Nicholas Sokic for National Post: Depression, stroke and dementia are twice as common in women as in men. Among Alzheimer’s patients, 70 per cent are female. But according to Lynn Posluns, the driving force behind the first “Women’s Brain……

Source: https://www.webmd.com/diet/news/20191209/white-castle-frozen-burgers-recalled-for-listeria?src=RSS_PUBLIC

The White Castle recall is for 6-pack cheeseburgers, 6-pack hamburgers, 6-pack jalapeno cheeseburgers, 16-pack hamburgers, and 16-pack cheeseburgers with best by dates ranging from 04 Aug 2020 to 17 Aug 2020.

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Source: https://www.webmd.com/cancer/news/20191209/blood-tests-show-exposure-to-ethylene-oxide?src=RSS_PUBLIC

The testing offers the first biologic evidence that living near a facility that emits ethylene oxide increases a person’s body burden of the chemical, which has been linked to breast and blood cancers

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Source: https://sharpbrains.com/blog/2019/12/06/growing-debate-about-the-ethics-and-regulation-of-direct-to-consumer-transcranial-direct-current-stimulation-tdcs/

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According to the advertising hype, you too can enjoy incredible neural and psychological benefits in the comfort of your own home by using a simple electrical device that offers transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS). For instance, three different models of tDCS devices sold online claim to improve mood, increase creativity, enhance memory, accelerate learning, and combat pain and depression. For the low, low price of between $99 and $189.95, you get a compact handheld device with easy-to-use controls and two electrical leads that end in small sponges. These sponges are dipped into saline solution to make them current-carrying electrodes, then placed against your head. The websites typically show the sponges located on either side of the forehead, but point out that the…

Source: https://www.webmd.com/healthy-aging/news/20191205/how-well-are-you-aging-a-blood-test-might-tell?src=RSS_PUBLIC

The scientists analyzed plasma — the cell-free, fluid part of blood — from more than 4,200 people between the ages of 18 and 95, and found a link between 373 proteins and aging.

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Source: https://www.webmd.com/cold-and-flu/features/beware-of-workplace-germs?src=RSS_PUBLIC

Germs live and thrive in the workplace. Find out about germ hot spots, when contamination is at its worst, and how to protect yourself.

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Source: https://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/news/20191206/bpa-levels-in-humans-are-underestimated-study?src=RSS_PUBLIC

The new method developed by researchers and outlined in their study suggests that the measurements used by the FDA and other regulatory agencies underestimate BPA exposure by as much as 44 times.

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Source: https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/healthy-moments/episodes/new-years-resolution-can-stick-to

Forming healthy habits can help you stick with New Year’s resolutions to get fit and eat healthy.

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