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	<description>Brain Fitness for Life</description>
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		<title>Brain Rehabilitation Research</title>
		<link>http://blog.happy-neuron.com/alzheimers/89/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 03:37:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Bernard Croisile</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[As you may have seen, this week we announced a relationship with the French National Research Center and the Pierre &#038; 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&#8217;s disease. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="indent">As you may have seen, this week we announced a relationship with the French National Research Center and the Pierre &#038; 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&#8217;s disease. We are talking not just about preventative training activities to defer the onset of age related brain decline, but the actual regaining of cognitive function through rehabilitation. This is a very exciting prospect for so many who suffer from the debilitating effects of Alzheimer’s disease.</p>
<p class="indent">The team at the Pierre &#038; Marie Curie  University Hospital are indeed dedicated and committed to this project which we are very optimistic about the positive outcomes and we are excited to be working hand-in-hand with them.</p>
<p class="indent">A second objective of the collaboration is to develop distance therapy procedures that can be applied and used by practitioners in the rehabilitation of patients without the patient’s need too visit the doctor’s office in person. This will have huge implications for people located in rural areas and those that may be house bound or find it difficult to get to a doctor’s office for therapy.  For the medical practitioner, the goal is to guide the patient’s therapy through phone interaction with the assistance of a cognitive informational dashboard to assess the patient’s compliance and progress.</p>
<p class="indent">Lastly, we expect to focus on further research on emotional rehabilitation.</p>
<p class="indent">We look forward to sharing the results of this research as it evolves.</p>
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		<title>Men &#038; Memory Loss</title>
		<link>http://blog.happy-neuron.com/brain-exercises/men-memory-loss/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 05:32:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura Fay</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Brain Training]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I was reading a government report on aging related statistics, and was intrigued to note that about 15% of  men aged 65+ report memory loss compared with only 11% of women of the same age group and the gap widens significantly after the age of 85. So I ponder&#8230;.why is it that women have [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I was reading a <em>government report on aging related statistics</em>, and was intrigued to note that about 15% of  men aged 65+ report memory loss compared with only 11% of women of the same age group and the gap widens significantly after the age of 85. So I ponder&#8230;.why is it that women have a higher propensity to take preventative measures to engage in brain training at higher rate then men, with a view to staying sharp and deferring decline? So here&#8217;s a brain teaser - which is the cause and which is the effect? Interested in your thoughts&#8230;</p>
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		<title>Losing One&#8217;s Mind</title>
		<link>http://blog.happy-neuron.com/alzheimers/losing-ones-mind/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 03:27:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diana Miner</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Dementia is a brain disorder that seriously affects a person’s ability to carry out daily activities. The most common form of dementia among older people is Alzheimer’s disease (AD), which initially involves the parts of the brain that control thought, memory, and language. Although scientists are learning more every day, right now they still do [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span id="RadEditorPlaceHolderControl1">Dementia is a brain disorder that seriously affects a person’s ability to carry out daily activities. The most common form of dementia among older people is Alzheimer’s disease (AD), which initially involves the parts of the brain that control thought, memory, and language. Although scientists are learning more every day, right now they still do not know what causes AD, and there is no cure.</span></p>
<p>In this Time/CNN article, Walter Kukull, director of the U.S. National Alzheimer&#8217;s Coordinating Center explains how researchers could reduce people&#8217;s risk of Alzheimer&#8217;s Disease. In this brief yet informative interview, he talks about genetics, drug discovery, and mitigating diseases. Read more about it<a href="http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1807693,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics&#038;iref=werecommend"> here&#8230;</a> <span id="RadEditorPlaceHolderControl1" /></p>
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		<title>For a Sharper Brain, Stimulation</title>
		<link>http://blog.happy-neuron.com/brain-exercises/for-a-sharper-brain-stimulation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 17:18:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura Fay</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[AMERICANS may worry about heart disease, stroke and diabetes, but they downright dread Alzheimer’s disease, a recent survey found. For good reason. One in eight adults over 65 is affected by the disease.
Those who are spared know they may end up with the burden of caring for a parent or a spouse who is affected. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>AMERICANS may worry about heart disease, stroke and diabetes, but they downright dread Alzheimer’s disease, a recent survey found. For good reason. One in eight adults over 65 is affected by the disease.</p>
<p>Those who are spared know they may end up with the burden of caring for a parent or a spouse who is affected. Even though the number of older adults with dementias is rising rapidly, only a few drugs that have been approved to treat symptoms are on the market, and they slow down the disease but do not cure it. Researchers, however, are more optimistic than ever about the potential of the aging brain, because recent evidence has challenged long-held beliefs by demonstrating that the brain can grow new nerve cells and that Brain Training can be a big help. Read the informative New York Times article <a title="Sharper Brain" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/13/health/13brain.html?ref=todayspaper" target="_blank"><em><strong>here…..</strong></em></a></p>
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		<title>Want to get smarter?</title>
		<link>http://blog.happy-neuron.com/brain-exercises/want-to-get-smarter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 13:46:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diana Miner</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s an article in the New York Times that suggests ways to improve our thinking. Learning new material, yoga, aerobic exercise and caffeine are all mentioned as ways to stay sharp and in tune. In addition, there&#8217;s a link to another article that explains what mental status tests are, how they are performed and what [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here&#8217;s an article in the New York Times that suggests ways to improve our thinking. Learning new material, yoga, aerobic exercise and caffeine are all mentioned as ways to stay sharp and in tune. In addition, there&#8217;s a link to another article that explains what mental status tests are, how they are performed and what the results mean. Click here for <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/10/business/10offline.html?_r=1&#038;ref=health&#038;oref=slogin">more&#8230;.</a></p>
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		<title>Memory Training Shown to Boost Brain Power</title>
		<link>http://blog.happy-neuron.com/brain-exercises/memory-training-shown-to-boost-brain-power/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 18:36:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Bernard Croisile</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Brain Training Science]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The scientific community continues to push ahead to identify the strong correlation between engaged in structured memory training and the ability to reason and to solve new problems independently (also referred to as Fluid Intelligence). The results of this important study were published on April 28th in The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal">The scientific community continues to push ahead to identify the strong correlation between engaged in structured memory training and the ability to reason and to solve new problems independently (also referred to as Fluid Intelligence). The results of this important study were published on April 28th in <strong><em><a href="http://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/abstract/0801268105v1">The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences</a></em></strong> and are very noteworthy. An article in the <strong><em><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/29/health/research/29brai.html?_r=2&#038;no_interstitial&#038;oref=slogin&#038;oref=slogin">New York Times</a></em></strong> describes the study, the results and the scientific conclusions.</p>
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		<title>A Comprehensive Overview on Alzheimer&#8217;s Disease</title>
		<link>http://blog.happy-neuron.com/alzheimers/a-comprehensive-overview-on-alzheimers-disease/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Apr 2008 04:22:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diana Miner</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Alzheimers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It seems that Alzheimer’s disease crops up in the news every week…..new drugs, new risk factors, compelling personal stories. Here’s a very informative article and two videos from the New York Times that humanize and sum up what the disease is about from different perspectives. Read more about it here…

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It seems that Alzheimer’s disease crops up in the news every week…..new drugs, new risk factors, compelling personal stories. Here’s a very informative article and two videos from the New York Times that humanize and sum up what the disease is about from different perspectives. Read more about it <a href="http://health.nytimes.com/health/guides/disease/alzheimers-disease/overview.html?WT.mc_id=HL-D-I-NYT-MOD-FP-CM2-HL-0308-ALZ&#038;WT.mc_ev=click&#038;mkt=HL-D-I-NYT-MOD-FP-CM2-HL-0308-ALZ">here…<br />
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		<title>A humourous look at loosing your memory</title>
		<link>http://blog.happy-neuron.com/baby-boomers/a-humourous-look-at-loosing-your-memory/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 22:55:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura Fay</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A few days ago I got quite a chuckle at an article on aging and memory by David Brooks of the New York Times and thought to share it with you. David claims this will be the Century of the Bad Memory and in the era of an aging population, memory is the new sex. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal">A few days ago I got quite a chuckle at an article on aging and memory by David Brooks of the New York Times and thought to share it with you. David claims this will be the <em>Century of the Bad Memory</em> and <em>in the era of an aging population, memory is the new sex</em>. To read the article you need to register (free) for online access to the New York times, but you are sure to relate to the article and  have a few chuckles in the process. Worth it if you consider that laughter is also a positive contributor to brain health. <strong><em><a title="The Great Forgetting" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/11/opinion/11brooks.html?_r=1&#038;ex=1208923200&#038;e&#038;oref=login">Read on here&#8230;.</a></em></strong></p>
<p><em><strong><a title="The Great Forgetting" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/11/opinion/11brooks.html?_r=1&#038;ex=1208923200&#038;e&#038;oref=login" /></strong></em></p>
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		<title>Is Depression Linked to Alzheimer’s Disease?</title>
		<link>http://blog.happy-neuron.com/alzheimers/is-depression-linked-to-alzheimer%e2%80%99s-disease/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 13:05:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diana Miner</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[According to the Alzheimer’s Association as many as 5 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer&#8217;s destroys brain cells, causing problems with memory, thinking and behavior severe enough to affect work, lifelong hobbies or social life. Alzheimer’s gets worse over time, and it is fatal. Today it is the seventh-leading cause of death in [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>According to the Alzheimer’s Association as many as 5 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer&#8217;s destroys brain cells, causing problems with memory, thinking and behavior severe enough to affect work, lifelong hobbies or social life. Alzheimer’s gets worse over time, and it is fatal. Today it is the seventh-leading cause of death in the United States. Two recent studies, one in the US and the other in Europe, have found that those who showed signs of depression were more likely to develop Alzheimer’s. The researchers of these studies have put forth some theories as to why that may be. Read about this very interesting article from the BBC News <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7334298.stm">here…</a></p>
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		<title>Brain Cells Work Together</title>
		<link>http://blog.happy-neuron.com/cognitive-neuroscience/brain-cells-work-together/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Mar 2008 23:46:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diana Miner</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A group of researchers at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in Maryland have found that when brain cells in the hippocampus communicate with each other, the signal that travels from an axon to a dendritic spine simultaneously stimulates multiple other spines in the same neighborhood. This multiple transmission of information may help us learn and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A group of researchers at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in Maryland have found that when brain cells in the hippocampus communicate with each other, the signal that travels from an axon to a dendritic spine simultaneously stimulates multiple other spines in the same neighborhood. This multiple transmission of information may help us learn and store information more efficiently. Since the hippocampus forms part of the limbic system and plays a role in long-term memory and spatial navigation, whenever we stimulate these areas our abilities for memory and visuo-spatial processing increase accordingly. This cellular process of stimulating multiple dendrites  is called clustered plasticity, which may help to account for the immense storage capacity of the brain. Read more about it <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/25/health/25memo.html?_r=1&#038;scp=1&#038;sq=Brain+Cells%2C+Doing+Their+Job+With+Some+Neighborly+Help&#038;st=nyt&#038;oref=slogin">here&#8230;.</a><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/25/health/25memo.html?scp=6&#038;sq=brain+2008&#038;st=nyt"> </a></p>
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