Dementia Archives - BrainHQ from Posit Science https://www.brainhq.com/blog/category/dementia/ Thu, 31 Aug 2023 17:56:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.2 $44 Million NIH Grant for Dementia Prevention https://www.brainhq.com/blog/44-million-nih-grant-to-see-if-dementia-can-be-prevented/ Thu, 08 Apr 2021 06:00:32 +0000 https://dev-bhq.pantheonsite.io/?p=17849 Some new BrainHQ study related news. Researchers at the University South Florida in Tampa have received a $44.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for the Preventing Alzheimer’s with Cognitive Training (PACT) Study. This new grant furthers prior research, published as findings of the ACTIVE Study in 2017, that showed a small…

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]]> Brain Awareness Week 2021! https://www.brainhq.com/blog/brain-awareness-week-2021/ Mon, 01 Mar 2021 18:43:34 +0000 https://dev-bhq.pantheonsite.io/?p=17716 Every year in March, the Dana Foundation hosts Brain Awareness Week—a “global campaign to foster public enthusiasm and support for brain science.” This year, it’s coming up from March 15-21. It’s a good time to dedicate to thinking about your own brain health. What will you do to celebrate? Here’s are some real-world activities and…

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]]> A New Review of New Ways to Improve Brain Health https://www.brainhq.com/blog/a-new-review-of-new-ways-to-improve-brain-health/ Thu, 14 Nov 2019 19:57:56 +0000 https://dev-bhq.pantheonsite.io/?p=16971 For decades, we’ve been waiting on the scientific community to find a cure for Alzheimer’s—but very little progress has been made. The first drug used to treat the symptoms of Alzheimer’s was Cognex (tacrine), which was approved in 1993; and the most recent was Namenda (memantine), approved in 2003. That means that in the past…

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]]> What is the Difference Between Alzheimer’s and Dementia? https://www.brainhq.com/blog/what-is-the-difference-between-alzheimers-and-dementia/ Wed, 06 Mar 2013 10:52:21 +0000 http://blog.positscience.com//?p=3968 We recently received this question from a commenter: What is the difference between Alzheimer’s and dementia? That is a great question, and one that many people ask, so I thought I would tackle it here. When we talk about dementia, we are talking about symptoms. The term “dementia” describes a set of symptoms that includes…

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]]> Daily TED Talk – Gregory Petsko on the Coming Neurological Epidemic https://www.brainhq.com/blog/daily-ted-talk-gregory-petsko-on-the-coming-neurological-epidemic/ Wed, 10 Feb 2010 06:00:49 +0000 http://blog.positscience.com//?p=651 This week I’m posting a favorite brain-related TED video each day. In this eye-opening 4 minute talk from TED 2008, biochemist Gregory Petsko argues that between now and 2050, we’ll see an epidemic of neurological diseases, such as Alzheimer’s, as the world’s population ages.

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]]> Daily TED Talk – Michael Merzenich on Re-wiring the Brain https://www.brainhq.com/blog/daily-ted-video-michael-merzenich-on-re-wiring-the-brain/ Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:00:51 +0000 http://blog.positscience.com//?p=639 This week something really neat is happening in Long Beach, California. It’s the annual TED Conference– a meeting of some of the world’s great minds of science, technology, design, and entertainment. While not all of us are able to attend the very exclusive TED Conference, we can all benefit from the wonderful videos they post…

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