Author: DynamicBrain Inc.
Publication: Monthly Newsletter
Published Date: April 21, 2021

It’s heart-warming to learn that the researchers at the University of 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 using BrainHQ.

In the ACTIVE study that was published in 2017, researchers reported a reduction of up to 48% in dementia incidences among people who completed up to 18 hours of training. And that left the question: “What if the participants trained more?” We are looking forward to the results from the PACT Study where 7,600 participants will put BrainHQ to yet another test! Learn more.

On another note, some of our readers have asked us about a drug they believed was recommended by us. Please note that advertisers insert ads among the articles you are reading, and they are NOT related to us, nor to those articles.

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Kind regards, Frieda Fanni President DynamicBrain Inc. DynamicBrain Inc. is the Canadian partner of Posit Science Corporation providing brain fitness program BrainHQ in English and French.

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