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
This is the one thing will make Medicare for all possible
The tide is finally rising under the idea of health care for all in America. It is no longer possible to tar this simple and ubiquitously implemented idea as a bid to “take away our freedom” or “destroy the free market.” Hearteningly, the debate is shifting towards the harder questions of when, and how.
One popular idea is to expand Medicare to cover all Americans — essentially turning the government into an insurance provider. This is a fine idea, and it works well in countries such as Canada and Taiwan.
But the transition would be beastly. Senator Bernie Sanders suggests a four-year transition from Medicare as ...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - November 16, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/thalia-k-robakis" rel="tag" > Thalia K. Robakis, MD, PhD < /a > Tags: Policy Medicare Public Health & Washington Watch Source Type: blogs
Remembering Uwe
By JEFF GOLDSMITH
The healthcare world learned with great sadness this week of the passing of our friend, Uwe Reinhardt. I met Uwe in 1982 at the Federation of American Hospitals meeting in Las Vegas. Uwe opened the meeting by apologizing, in his disarming German accent, for not being his usual sharp self. He had, he said, skipped breakfast because his wife May had instructed him not to pay for anything in Las Vegas that he could get for free at home. This was vintage Reinhardt, innocent and knowing at the same time. That meeting was the beginning of a long and warm friendship.
Uwe would have been acutely uncomfortable wi...
Source: The Health Care Blog - November 15, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: John Irvine Tags: Uncategorized 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
International Relations at China's 19th Party Congress
Discussion on the North Korea problem will probably happen during the Party Congress, but absent a significant escalation on the peninsula North Korea will likely not be featured prominently in the official documents produced by the congress. Instead, Xi and the Chinese leadership will likely wait untilTrump ’s visit to Asia in early November to issue any adjustments to China ’s policy toward North Korea. (Source: Cato-at-liberty)
Source: Cato-at-liberty - October 17, 2017 Category: American Health Authors: Eric Gomez 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
How US kids ’ problems with fractions reveal the fascinating link between language and maths
By guest blogger David Robson
Cast your mind back to your teenage maths lessons. Without a calculator, would you have been able to estimate the answer to the following sum?
12/13 + 7/8
Don’t worry about giving the precise number; just say whether it lies closest to 1, 2, 19, or 21*.
By the end of middle school, most American pupils have been studying fractions for a few years; these questions should be embarrassingly easy. But when Robert Siegler, a psychologist at Carnegie Mellon University posed the problem to a group of 8th graders (13 to 14 year olds), he found that they performed little better than if they’d si...
Source: BPS RESEARCH DIGEST - September 27, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: BPS Research Digest Tags: Educational guest blogger Language Source Type: blogs
Chinese Bomber Flights Around Taiwan: For What Purpose?
Recent bomber flights near Taiwan represent the most concerted training regimen yet aimed at improving Chinese airpower. China seeks to enhance the PLA Air Force ' s capabilities and signal Beijing ' s will to defend its territorial claims against the U.S. and its regional allies and partners, especially Taiwan and Japan. (Source: The RAND Blog)
Source: The RAND Blog - September 13, 2017 Category: Health Management Authors: Nathan Beauchamp-Mustafaga; Derek Grossman; Logan Ma Source Type: blogs
Foxconn ’s Savvy Investment: Hedging against an Emerging Trade War
“Designed by Apple in California; Assembled in China” are the words engraved on the back of Apple’s ubiquitous iPods, iPads, and iPhones. Might that soon change? Foxconn, the Taiwan-headquartered company that does Apple ’s assembling in China, announced last week that it will invest up to $10 billion in production facilities in Wisconsin. That sounds like something to cheer. After all, investment is essential to economic growth and foreign direct investment tends tonourish the domestic commercial eco-system by bringing in companies with new ideas and better ways of doing things.But Foxconn is in the business of ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - August 2, 2017 Category: American Health Authors: Daniel J. Ikenson Source Type: blogs
MOCAcare Review: Heart Monitor in Your Pocket and Blood Pressure Cuff on Your Wrist
The essence of digital health is making patients the point of care – no matter how unexpected the method. Could you ever imagine that there will be a time when you could measure your heart rate with a device slipped into your key chain holder or your blood pressure on your wrist? MOCAcare does both of that. Moreover, it provides its measurements in good quality and gives meaningful information even for laypeople.
The heart of the matter
MOCAcare’s tagline can be familiar as the title of a famous Graham Greene book about the destructive power of pity, but also as a song by Pete Doherty’s former band, The Libertines. ...
Source: The Medical Futurist - August 1, 2017 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Health Sensors & Trackers future gc3 Health 2.0 heart heart health heart rate Innovation Personalized medicine review wearable wearables Source Type: blogs
Are US Bases in Asia Vulnerable? Time to Rethink Force Posture
A recentstudy from the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) looks at how China ’s military capabilities in Asia make forward-deployed U.S. bases there vulnerable. The report warns, “the growing capability of China to threaten U.S. bases in the region” may represent “the greatest military threat to U.S. vital interests in Asia.”“In the event of an unforeseen U.S.-China crisis,” the report explains, “a preemptive missile strike against the forward bases that underpin U.S. military power in the Western Pacific could be a real possibility…particularly if China perceives that its attempts at deterrence of...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - July 24, 2017 Category: American Health Authors: John Glaser Source Type: blogs
Million Electrode Array for Brain Interfaces Is Under Development
Researchers at Columbia University are working on substantially improving the abilities of brain-computer interfaces by creating a high density electrode array that can stimulate and read the brain at high precision. The research is part of DARPA’s Neural Engineering System Design (NESD) project that is working on all the different pieces necessary to build a truly advanced brain-computer systems.
The Columbia team is developing an electrode array with more than one million points that will interact with brain tissue. The construction would be on top of complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor that will be in the form of...
Source: Medgadget - July 12, 2017 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Editors Tags: Neurology Neurosurgery Rehab Source Type: blogs
Getting Better With Time: Engage Your Brain for Mental Fitness Later in Life
What can you do to keep mentally fit as you age? Here are a few tips to consider.
Play: Play is not just for children. It is also a great work out for the brain. A recent study published in Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience asked elderly Japanese adults to play a game geared towards increasing their cognitive function, once a day for fifteen minutes over a period of four weeks. The researchers found that participants not only enjoyed the exercise, but they also saw a decrease in depressive moods after playing the interactive game.
Use technology: There’s a stereotype that getting older means being less interested in new t...
Source: Cliffside Malibu - January 30, 2017 Category: Addiction Authors: Richard Tate Tags: Richard Taite Source Type: blogs
A Bumpy Road Ahead for China-Taiwan Relations
Taiwanese President Tsai has issued numerous political overtures to Beijing, yet Chinese President Xi has demonstrated a clear reluctance to accept her as a credible partner. Instead, he has turned up the heat on Tsai in an attempt to undermine her administration. (Source: The RAND Blog)
Source: The RAND Blog - September 21, 2016 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: blogs
