Lifestyle is key to preventing memory loss
One of the biggest misconceptions people have about aging is that there’s nothing anyone can do to prevent memory loss. In fact, in recent years researchers around the globe have discovered just the opposite! It turns out that simple lifestyle changes can have a big impact on brain health and cognitive longevity. The groundbreaking FINGER […]
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Introducing our Brain Health Library
World Alzheimer’s Day has a special urgency this year. For many people affected by the isolation and disruptions of COVID-19, the impact of changes in sleep, diet, exercise, social contact and mental engagement on their cognitive state is both surprising and concerning. The “brain fog” that so many people have described has also been a […]
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Diagnosing memory loss before symptoms appear
Neurotrack CEO, Elli Kaplan, shares the family story behind her mission to prevent memory loss
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On Bruce Willis, Word Finding, and Dementia Worries
In recent weeks, the family of actor Bruce Willis (Die Hard, Pulp Fiction, The Sixth Sense) announced that he would be stepping away from his acting career due to an ongoing struggle with aphasia. We spoke with Neurotrack clinical researcher and speech-language pathologist Jennifer Myers, PhD, MS, CCC-SLP, about this condition, its connection to dementia, […]
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World Health Organization Takes Unprecedented Stand on Healthy Lifestyle Adoption to Reduce the Risk of Dementia
What’s Good for the Heart is Good for the Brain. Full Stop. In a stunning and unprecedented public announcement, on May 14th, 2019, the World Health Organization issued a global call to action by publishing a list of specific guidelines to reduce the risk of dementia. In fact, it’s all contained within the first paragraph […]
Read moreNeurotrack Awarded $3.3 Million Grant from National Institute on Aging to Study the Impact of its Cognitive Health Digital Therapeutic
(PRESS RELEASE) Neurotrack, an innovative digital health company on a mission to transform the measurement and management of cognition and memory loss, today announced it has been awarded a fast-track grant worth up to $3.3 million, pending the completion of milestones, from the National Institute on Aging (NIA), part of the NIH, to assess how […]
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When One Door Closes
What the Failure of Biogen’s Aducanumab Tells Us About Alzheimer’s — Risk Reduction is Still Our Best Weapon Today I serve as Neurotrack’s Head Writer. But three years ago, in a different professional incarnation, I had the privilege of sitting in a packed conference room with a bright, articulate representative from the pharmaceutical company Biogen […]
Read moreDigital Therapy for Cognitive Health: SOMPO & Neurotrack Join Forces
Today, there are digital therapies for nearly every health goal. There are sleep apps to keep track of our REM cycles, meditation apps to calm us down, step-counting apps to let us know when we’ve hit our recommended 10,000 steps a day, and diet apps to help us count calories. But what if one’s goal […]
Read moreNeurotrack Digital Therapeutics Study Finds Certain Lifestyle Changes Can Improve Cognitive Function in Older Adults At Risk for Dementia
(PRESS RELEASE) Neurotrack, an innovative digital health company on a mission to transform the assessment and prevention of memory loss and related diseases like Alzheimer’s, today announced the results of a preliminary study of its forthcoming digital therapeutic program. Designed to slow and/or prevent memory loss among at risk adults, initial findings show improved cognitive […]
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What my grandfather taught me about brain health
Research is showing is that prevention is the best way to protect our brains – both in the near term and for the future. My grandfather knew this because he experienced it; and it’s a message Maria Shriver is taking to 8 cities across the United States through her Move for Minds movement.
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Is precision medicine the answer to Alzheimer’s disease?
Patterns of behavioral change can vary from patient to patient, even within a diagnostic category. It is in this sense that some experts are calling for Alzheimer’s to be described as a spectrum disorder, rather than as a disease, with an easily identifiable set of symptoms.
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The everyday drug that might fight Alzheimer’s Disease
As a staple in our daily lives, coffee is most people’s primary source of caffeine. Coffee and caffeine have poured themselves so thoroughly into our routine that it’s easy to forget that it serves as a drug first and foremost. With 90% of Americans consuming some kind of caffeine on a daily basis, it is […]
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Early diagnosis of memory loss may help prevent Alzheimer’s disease
Most people believe there’s nothing you can do to prevent Alzheimer’s disease, so they’re reluctant to discover the state of their cognitive health.
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