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 […]
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A Match Made in Cognitive Health Heaven: Neurotrack & Dai-ichi Life Join Forces
With a diet rich in fish and vegetables, universal healthcare, and citizens who visit their doctors, on average, fourteen times a year, Japan boasts some of the healthiest humans on the planet. And yet the upshot of this statistically anomalous A+ on its health report card means that one fifth of Japan’s population is now […]
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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Where There’s Smoke, There’s Misfire: Smoking Wreaks Havoc on the Brain
I’m going to break all scientific blog protocol here and speak personally, from the heart. Because not only would it be wrong of me to urge you to quit smoking without revealing my own personal battles with nicotine addiction, it would be useful, I think, for those of you trying to quit to know it […]
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All You Need is Love: Friends, Social Interaction & Memory Health
Here’s the good news: a few minutes a day of scrolling through Facebook is not only fine, it can, if used sparingly and with a generosity of spirit, actually boost memory health for those who are socially or geographically isolated. What do we mean by a generosity of spirit? Well, “liking” your friends posts, getting […]
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To Sleep Perchance to Dream: How Screens, Wine, Dogs & Coffee Affect Memory Health
Here’s the irony: for lack of sleep this week, due to a cross-country trip out to Neurotrack headquarters and back, I have been having trouble writing this blog about sleep. Normally, I do not write these posts in the first person, but every time I sit down to write this one in the standard format […]
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Does a Sudoku a Day Keep Alzheimer’s At Bay?
Brain Training and Cognitive Decline
If you’ve been paying attention to the news about brain health, you’ve probably noticed an uptick in claims that a Sudoku a day can keep Alzheimer’s at bay. Others (cough cough, Mom) swear by crossword puzzles. Are brain games the key to staving off cognitive decline? The short answer is maybe, but we don’t know […]
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Take A Deep Breath, Then Another: Meditating Your Way Back To Cognitive Health
Your car breaks down, and you’re late for work. You’re out of work, and your savings are dwindling. Your mother-in-law is coming into town for the holidays, and she doesn’t like the way you do, well, anything. The traffic’s bad, and the dude behind you keeps honking. Your spouse is angry, your friend is sick, […]
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“Indelible in the Hippocampus”: Brain, Memory Take Center Stage on the Senate Floor
During the Senate hearings for Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court, Senator Patrick Leahy asked Dr. Christine Blasey Ford a simple question: “What is the strongest memory you have?”
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