“Significant loss of neurons is a normal part of ageing” and other brain cell myths
By Christian Jarrett
Basic facts about the brain are a key part of many introductory psychology courses, including information about brain cells. For instance, for years, students (and the public) have been taught that, thanks to the ageing process, the older we get, the more brain cells we lose. But as outlined in a new review in the Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy by Christopher von Bartheld at the University of Nevada, many established facts about brain cells (like the idea we lose lots of them as we get older) have been shown by modern techniques to be misconceptions. Taken mostly from the review, here are four myths...
Source: BPS RESEARCH DIGEST - December 1, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: BPS Research Digest Tags: biological Brain Feature Textbooks Source Type: blogs
Let ’s appreciate the growing landscape of digital brain health & enhancement: 177 experts and pioneers in 23 countries –and counting!
Registrants for the 2017 SharpBrains Virtual Summit (December 5-7th) as of November 23rd, 2017
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Quick update on how registration stands for the upcoming 2017 SharpBrains Virtual Summit: Brain Health & Enhancement in the Digital Age (December 5-7th) — THANK YOU to everyone who has registered already
We are pleased to report that so far 177 experts, pioneers and practitioners are registered to participate. 130 seem to be based in the US and 47 abroad (based on IP address during registration), with the following country breakdown:
United States 130
Australia 7
Canada 7
Israel 5
United Kingd...
Source: SharpBrains - November 24, 2017 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Alvaro Fernandez Tags: Cognitive Neuroscience Education & Lifelong Learning Health & Wellness Technology brain health innovation brain-enhancement Brain-health sharpbrains virtual conference virtual summit Source Type: blogs
Corruption and the Rule of Law: Could Brazil Be the Envy of Latin America?
Talk to a Brazilian lately and there is not much reason for him or her to be cheerful —other than the good shape of their national football team. The country is still reeling from the worst economic crisis in a century. On top of that, the entire political class is mired in what has been called “one of the most symbolic corruption cases in history.” The popularity of president Michel Temer, who is personally implicated in the corruption scandal, is in the low single digits.Yet Brazilians should be proud of the way their legal system is fighting corruption. In fact, the constitutional and policy reforms that Brazil ha...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - November 20, 2017 Category: American Health Authors: Juan Carlos Hidalgo Source Type: blogs
What You Won't Find in the New National Climate Assessment
Under the U.S. Global Change Research Act of 1990, the federal government has been charged with producing large National Climate Assessments (NCA), and today the most recent iteration has arrived. It is typical of these sorts of documents–much about how the future of mankind is doomed to suffer through i ncreasingly erratic weather and other tribulations. It’s also missing a few tidbits of information that convincingly argue that everything in it with regard to upcoming 21st century climate needs to be taken with a mountain of salt.The projections in the NCA are all based upon climate models. If there is something ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - November 3, 2017 Category: American Health Authors: Patrick J. Michaels Source Type: blogs
The landscape of brain health innovation: 130 experts and pioneers in 18 countries (and counting)
— Registrants for the 2017 SharpBrains Virtual Summit (December 5-7th) as of November 3rd, 2017
Just a quick update on how registration stands for the upcoming 2017 SharpBrains Virtual Summit: Brain Health & Enhancement in the Digital Age (December 5-7th).
We are proud to report that so far 130 experts, pioneers and practitioners are registered to participate.
95 seem to be based in the US and 35 abroad, based on IP address during registration, with the following country breakdown:
United States 95
Australia 7
Canada 6
United Kingdom 4
Israel 3
Norway 2
Italy 2
Taiwan 1
Singapore 1
India 1
France 1
Sweden ...
Source: SharpBrains - November 3, 2017 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Alvaro Fernandez Tags: Cognitive Neuroscience Professional Development Technology brain health innovation brain-enhancement Brain-health virtual conference virtual summit Source Type: blogs
Guide to the Diversity Visa: Demographics, Criminality, and Terrorism Risk
ConclusionThe diversity visa is a relatively small green card category that has allowed in about a million legal immigrant principals since 1993, or about 5 percent of the total. As far as we know, immigrants who entered on the diversity visa are responsible for committing one terrorist attack on U.S. soil that murdered eight people. Foreign-born people from countries that have sent many diversity visa immigrants to the United States have lower incarceration rates than native-born Americans. Calls to end the diversity visa based on a single deadly terrorist attack are premature. Table 1Diversity Visa Admissions by ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - November 2, 2017 Category: American Health Authors: Alex Nowrasteh Source Type: blogs
Learning math on the streets
As in many places in the developing world, Mexican cities have many children on their streets and plazas, begging, or selling small trinkets of toys or whatever to whoever passes by. It is often difficult to turn these bright-eyed kids down, and by the end of the evening I can find my pockets full of little things that I have no use for — even while these street children are usually the obvious sales force for a supervising adult (usually mom).
Interacting with these bright little salespeople reminds me of a study conducted on the streets in Recife, a large city of more than a million people on the northeast coast of...
Source: On the Brain by Dr. Michael Merzenich, Ph.D. - November 1, 2017 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Dr. Merzenich Tags: Brain Fitness Childhood Learning Cognitive impairments Language Development Reading and Dyslexia Source Type: blogs
A Connection Between the Zika Virus and Curing Brain Cancer?
Not long ago, Zika virus was dominating headlines. A new infection was hardly ever heard about before then, yet is now affecting hundreds of thousands of people in Latin America, causing disfiguration and microcephalia in new-born babies. Microcephalia is caused by severe delayed and abnormal development of the brain, resulting in the range of intellectual disability, dwarfism, poor motor functions and speech. With no cure or even preventive vaccination available, many women in the most affected regions were reportedly considering postponing any planned pregnancies.
The virus was actually discovered back in 1947 in Zika fo...
Source: World of Psychology - October 28, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Psych Central Staff Tags: Brain and Behavior Brain Blogger Health-related Publishers Research brain cancer Delivery glioblastoma Immune System microcephalia Pregnancy Sexual Contact stem cells Zika virus Source Type: blogs
Worst Health Care Revolving Door Case So Far, Version 2.0? - From President of Lilly USA to US Secretary of Health and Human Services?
DiscussionLast week we noted that Mr Trump famously promised to " drain the swamp " in Washington. Last week, despite his previous pledges to not appoint lobbyists to powerful positions, he appointed a lobbyist to be acting DHHS Secretary. This week he is apparently strongly considering Mr Alex Azar, a pharmaceutical executive to be permanent DHHS Secretary, even though the FDA, part of DHHS, has direct regulatory authority over the pharmaceutical industry, and many other DHHS policies strongly affect the pharmaceutical industry. (By the way, Mr Azar was also in charge of one lobbying effort.) So sho...
Source: Health Care Renewal - October 19, 2017 Category: Health Management Tags: crime deception DHHS Donald Trump Eli Lilly legal settlements marketing regulatory capture revolving doors Source Type: blogs
Will Everyone Please Cool it on the Protectionism?!
As negotiations on the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) continue, many proposals seem to run counter to the goal of modernizing the deal, and some industry groups are taking the opportunity to advance their protectionist agenda. Arecent op-ed by Mike Schultz, Vice President of R-CALF USA and COOL Chairman, and Martin Rosas, President of United and Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 2 in Kansas City, argued for the reinstatement of U.S. legislation that required meat products to bear a label that identifies the country of origin of the product, so-called COOL (country of origin labeling) rules. Supporters o...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - October 17, 2017 Category: American Health Authors: Inu Manak Source Type: blogs
Join 107 Brain Health & Enhancement Pioneers in 15 Countries (and counting)
Registrants for the 2017 SharpBrains Virtual Summit (December 5-7th) as of October 12, 2017
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Just a quick update on how registration stands for the upcoming 2017 SharpBrains Virtual Summit (December 5-7th).
We are proud to report that, so far, 107 experts, pioneers and practitioners are registered to participate. 82 seem to be based in the US and 25 abroad (based on IP address during registration); with the following country breakdown:
United States 82
Australia 5
Canada 4
United Kingdom 4
Norway 2
Singapore 1
Portugal 1
Brazil 1
Italy 1
India 1
France 1
Argentina 1
Taiwan 1
Sweden 1
Brunei Daruss...
Source: SharpBrains - October 13, 2017 Category: Neuroscience Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Cognitive Neuroscience Health & Wellness Technology brain-enhancement Brain-health virtual conference virtual summit Source Type: blogs
Travel Ban Is Based on Executive Whim, Not Objective Criteria
ConclusionFor countries on the list, and for any country wishing to remain off the list, it is vitally important that they understand which factors led to their inclusion or exclusion. If the United States is acting in good faith —seeking to change behavior as opposed to looking for an excuse to ban people—its criteria should be clearly explained and understood. The Iran nuclear deal, for example, hasvery precise requirements for Iran to avoid sanctions, down to the exact percentage of purity for its enriched uranium. This is very far from the case here.No consistent combination of factors or mitigating factors trigger...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - October 9, 2017 Category: American Health Authors: David Bier Source Type: blogs
Crowdfunding a Portuguese Translation of Ending Aging
Ending Aging: The Rejuvenation Breakthroughs That Could Reverse Human Aging in Our Lifetime, written by Aubrey de Grey and Michael Rae of the SENS Research Foundation, has been translated into a number of languages since its first release nearly a decade ago, but Portuguese is not yet one of them. A couple of Brazilian members of our community are hoping to change that, and are currently crowdfunding the necessary resources to achieve this goal. Translating scientific texts is always a degree more challenging than the usual fare, but helping to further spread the SENS view of aging is a worthy cause: this is a detailed pla...
Source: Fight Aging! - October 5, 2017 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
Wheat Belly: Quick and Dirty #3
In view of the many new readers on the Wheat Belly Blog, many of whom have not yet had an opportunity to read the book but are eager to get started, here is the most recently updated Wheat Belly Quick & Dirty summary. It summarizes the essential dietary strategies of the Wheat Belly approach to 1) avoid all products made from high-yield, semi-dwarf wheat that wreak health destruction along with all other grains, and 2) create a diet that is otherwise healthy and appropriate for all members of the family. In particular, I’ve tried to clarify some items that were unclear in previous versions.
This is the lifestyle ...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - September 28, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Lifestyle autoimmune blood sugar bowel flora cholesterol Dr. Davis Gliadin gluten gluten-free grain-free grains Inflammation joint pain low-carb Weight Loss Source Type: blogs
Mastering Intensive Care 017 with Flavia Machado
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Flavia Machado – Improving communication, saying “I don’t know” and working with limited resources (DasSMACC special episode)
Do you say “I don’t know” when you really don’t have an answer? Might seeking that knowledge help your patients?
This is just one component of a wonderful conversation I held with Professor Flavia Machado when I interviewed her at the recent DasSMACC conference in Berlin. Flavia is doing a great job at raising the awareness of ...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - September 28, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Andrew Davies Tags: Intensive Care Mastering Intensive Care Andrew Davies communication flavi machado limited resources Source Type: blogs
