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Feed Your Brain with First Science-Based "Brain Training" -- Content Feed and Custom Content Services Announced By SharpBrains.


Brain Fitness Industry Thought-Leader Makes Content Feed of 20 Topical Articles Available Immediately and Offers Custom Content Service

SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden  -- SharpBrains announced today the immediate release of the first-ever brain health and fitness content feed of 20 topical articles with weekly updates to follow. The SharpBrains "brain feed" makes science-based, high quality, accessible information available to consumers and professionals free of charge on a variety of 'brain training' topics. Additionally, SharpBrains will offer custom content services to news organizations, health providers and insurance companies, retirement communities, medical content suppliers, magazines and other websites interested in offering unique content on this topic to their audience.

"We are witnessing the birth of a new technology-based brain fitness market, estimated to grow to $80-100 million this year for adults alone," said Alvaro Fernandez, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  and co-founder of SharpBrains. "The mainstream media has started to educate adults on the importance of brain exercise. A growing number of companies are developing science-based programs and organizations like the CDC See Control Data, century date change and Back Orifice.

CDC - Control Data Corporation
 (Center for Diseases Control and Prevention) and the Alzheimer's Association The Alzheimer's Association, incorportated on April 10, 1980 as the Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders Association, Inc., is a non-profit American voluntary health organization which focuses on care, support and research for Alzheimer's disease.  are partnering to make cognitive health a public policy priority, not to mention the commercial success of 'brain training' games such as the Nintendo Brain Age series. The time is ripe for services that help inform and guide consumers and professionals alike, building on our well-received SharpBrains 10-Point Checklist and Brain Fitness 101 eGuide."

SharpBrains is offering a weekly article in its free content feed to help website and newsletter publishers disseminate high-quality information on this emerging field of science-based brain health and fitness. Additionally, SharpBrains experts and writers are available to provide custom services to interested companies. Customer services include preparing tailored guides, brochures, and e-newsletters on the topics of brain health and brain exercise.

"Research shows that physical exercise, good nutrition, stress management and brain exercise are the four critical pillars for attaining and maintaining good brain health," said Dr. Elkhonon Goldberg Elkhonon Goldberg (1946) is a neuropsychologist and cognitive neuroscientist. Biography
Elkhonon Golderg was born in Riga, Latvia in 1946, studied at Moscow State University with the great neuropsychologist Alexander Luria and moved to the United States in 1974.
, neuroscientist and Chief Scientific Advisor and Co-Founder of SharpBrains. "Most people are well-versed on the first three but are in the dark when it comes to undertaking a brain fitness regimen."

More information on these new services is available at http://www.sharpbrains.com/articles.

Some of articles available immediately, grouped by category, are:

Overall Brain Fitness Market

* Is there Science Behind the Growing Brain Fitness Industry?-Interview with Dr. Goldberg

* 10-Question Checklist to Select the Right Brain Fitness Program For You

* Sicko sick·o  
n. pl. sick·os Slang
A deranged, psychotic, or morbidly obsessed person.



[From sick1.]
 and Bill Clinton on Health and Wellness Trends

* Top 10 Trends With Baby Boomers See generation X.  

* Programs to Exercise Your Brain

Health and Science

* A Neuroscientist's Perspective on How to Protect Your Brain-Interview with Dr. Yaakov Stern

* New Brain Health Roadmap Announced by the CDC and Alzheimer's Association

* How Does Bill Gates' Brain Work?

* 10 Truths About Aging You May Not Know

* New Guidelines for Alzheimer's Prevention

Education and Training

* 10 Key Points on Training the Aging Workforce

* A Pediatrician on Helping your Kid with ADD or ADHD Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Definition

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a developmental disorder characterized by distractibility, hyperactivity, impulsive behaviors, and the inability to remain focused on tasks or
 

* What is Learning? Can We Learn Better Than Apes Do?-Interview with Dr. James Zull

Self-Improvement

* Easy Steps to Improve Your Brain Health Now

* 10 Stress Management and Memory Improvement Tips

* Exercising Our Brains 101 - Why and How

* How Can I Exercise and Improve My Short-Term Memory short-term memory
n.
Abbr. STM The phase of the memory process in which stimuli that have been recognized and registered are stored briefly.
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* Becoming a Trading Athlete - Interview With Brett N Steenbarger

More information on these new services is available at http://www.sharpbrains.com/articles.

About SharpBrains

Founded in 2006, SharpBrains is the leading science-based Web Portal and Service Provider to help individuals, companies and institutions navigate brain fitness information, products and services. SharpBrains offers hundreds of posts in its blog (recently featured by Scientific American Mind Scientific American Mind is a bimonthly American popular science magazine concentrated on psychology, neuroscience, and related fields. By analyzing and revealing new thinking in the cognitive sciences, the magazine is able to focus on the biggest breakthroughs in these fields.  and Greater Good magazines and ranked in Technorati 10,000 list), an innovative curriculum on Brain Health and Fitness at UC-Berkeley and SFSU SFSU San Francisco State University (California)  Lifelong Learning Institutes, and the first online destination for visitors to purchase a variety of science-based brain fitness and stress management products. SharpBrains' unparalleled Scientific Advisory Board is led by Dr. Elkhonon Goldberg, Clinical Professor of Neurology at New York University New York University, mainly in New York City; coeducational; chartered 1831, opened 1832 as the Univ. of the City of New York, renamed 1896. It comprises 13 schools and colleges, maintaining 4 main centers (including the Medical Center) in the city, as well as the  School of Medicine, Diplomate dip·lo·mate
n.
One who has received a diploma, especially a physician certified as a specialist by a board of examiners.


diplomate
(dip´l
 of The American Board of Professional Psychology in Clinical Neuropsychology, author of "The Executive Brain" and "The Wisdom Paradox" and Chief Scientific Advisor & Co-Founder of SharpBrains. For more information about health and fitness and the brain, visit www.SharpBrains.com.
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