Category Archives: Mental Health

Brain Rehabilitation Research

June 19, 2008 – 10:37 pm

As you may have seen, this week we announced a relationship with the French National Research Center and the Pierre & Marie Curie University (UPMC) at La Pitié-Salpétrière Hospital in Paris. The research program aims to measure the positive effects of HAPPYneuron‘s products on the cognitive rehabilitation of patients suffering from depression and Alzheimer’s disease. [...]

By Dr. Bernard Croisile | Also posted in Alzheimers, Brain Research, Brain Training, Cognitive Neuroscience, Neurons | Comments (0)

Effects of Stress on Cognition.

November 12, 2007 – 11:42 pm

Stress is the condition or feeling experienced when the demands pressing upon an individual exceed the personal coping skills and social resources he or she can mobilize. As we all know, stress plays a prominent role in our daily lives, generally evoking negative associations. Aside from being associated with heart disease, a weak immune system, [...]

By Diana Miner | Also posted in Health & Wellness, Memory | Comments (0)

Increase Brain Power with Food

October 19, 2007 – 11:00 am

Certain foods can increase your brain power and can keep you living healthier and longer. And since the brain is a hungry organ in the sense that it is metabolically active, we need to feed it with the right foods for optimal performance. Here are 4 tips for an intelligent diet.
1. Water
Our brains are about [...]

By Diana Miner | Also posted in Health & Wellness, Nutrition | Comments (1)

Brain Food: How Much Do You Know?

August 16, 2007 – 4:06 pm

Which foods may boost memory and cognitive thinking?
Take the informative Brain Food Quiz at WebMD

By Laura | Also posted in Brain Fitness Online, Brain Fitness Websites, Brain health, Fitness, Health & Wellness, Mind Fitness, Mind/Body, Nutrition, Uncategorized | Comments (0)

Some cocoa may improve brain blood flow

February 20, 2007 – 10:48 am

The right kind of cocoa might be great for your brain.

“This raises the prospect of using flavanols in the treatment of dementia, marked by decreased blood flow in the brain, and in maintaining overall cardiovascular health”.

Read all about the benefits of cocoa here

By Laura Fay | Also posted in Alzheimers, Baby Boomers, Brain Fitness Websites, Brain anatomy and imaging, Brain health, Health & Wellness, Mind/Body, Neuropsychology, Seniors | Comments (0)

Sleep Linked To Brain Cell Creation

February 15, 2007 – 5:55 pm

Here is a recent study out of Princeton University that tries to link sleep and brain cells.
“Losing sleep may cause the brain to stop producing new brain cells, a study conducted by New Jersey’s Princeton University has found”
To read more click here

By Laura Fay | Also posted in Alzheimers, Baby Boomers, Brain anatomy and imaging, Brain health, Cognitive Neuroscience, Health & Wellness, Lifelong learning, Mind/Body, Neurons, Neuropsychology, Seniors | Comments (0)

Loneliness Could Boost Alzheimer’s Risk

February 6, 2007 – 2:34 pm

Researchers at the Rush University Medical Center in Chicago have assessed loneliness and dementia. 
“In human beings, loneliness has been associated with impaired social skills. Thus, neural systems underlying social behavior might be less elaborated in lonely persons and, as a result, be less able to compensate for other neural systems compromised by age-related neuropathy,”
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By Laura Fay | Also posted in Alzheimers, Baby Boomers, Brain anatomy and imaging, Brain health, Cognitive Neuroscience, Health & Wellness, Mind/Body, Neuropsychology, Seniors | Comments (0)

Drugs to Enhance Cognition Could Become As Common As Coffee

November 7, 2006 – 7:42 am

Drugs to enhance cognition are reported on in the BBC report by the UK organization Foresight. This report makes futuristic predictions in the brain health area about brain enhancers. Drugs that can have a positive influence on the brain, according to the article, might get abused by healthy people, including children, might one day take [...]

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