useful stuff

Here's a few useful links.

Your DNA and the Future

Your DNA and evolution. Quick background and new directions-sources: Stanford, MIT, IBM, PubMed:NIH

Digging up stuff

Our new site will cover what is happening on digg.

how to protect the brain

Here are some ways to protect the brain. Diet plays a big role. For example, eating more fish, drinking green tea, and consuming blueberries in apparently any form, even dried.

Cognitive Exercise is the Rage

Scientists have made a strong case for fighting memory issues through cognitive exercise. What kind of exercise is best?

Evidence seems to show that workouts targeting visuospatial processing centers are more effective at stimulating performance improvement than purely-adrenalin powered frontal lobe games. You can find exercises at shockwave.com, cognitivelabs.com (no downloads needed), also miniclip.com) as well as several emerging companies, many of which offer free starters. At least two of the 'brain speed' tests on the market are protected by U.S. patents plus have made additional filings.

Institutions that have been in the vanguard in research, using MRI in addition to cognitive games include UC-Irvine and UCLA, Stanford (community-based research) as well as use of flight simulators, and others including Cambridge in the U.K.

Natrol and the online BrainSpeedometer (TM) Established as a Key Player in National Cognitive Health FIeld

01.16.06 Natrol, (Nasdaq: NTOL) with the online Brainspeedometer (TM) establishes itself as a key player in National cognitive health trend (Yahoo! Finance)

Full article:

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 16, 2006--Natrol Inc. (NASDAQ:NTOL - News): According to Time Magazine, "How to Sharpen Your Mind" (January 16, 2006), the topic of cognitive health has entered the national spotlight. With supplements, cognitive exercises and literal gymnasiums for our gray matter, brain health is fast emerging as a primary concern in our information-overloaded society. At the forefront of this trend to promote healthier, faster brains is the Natrol Corporation, a recognized leader in the creation of cognitive nutritional supplements.

Responding to consumers' needs for a safe product that addresses a key area of cognitive health -- mental processing speed -- Natrol embarked on a three-year research-based campaign to bring Natrol® brainSpeed(TM), the innovative line of cognitive health supplements, to market. Designed as a unique element in a healthy individual's brain fitness plan, Natrol brainSpeed offers three distinct supplement formulas designed to address three areas of cognitive function: performance, attention and memory.

To further promote brain health, Natrol® brainSpeed(TM) offers individuals access to the brainSpeedOmeter(TM) online test. Based upon cognitive testing platforms recognized at major universities, the test represents the first time a nutritional supplement provides an online tool for consumers to set a benchmark for their mental processing speed, and then track their progress on an individualized basis as they take the product.

According to Natrol CEO Elliott Balbert, "Natrol is dedicated to developing nutritional supplements that nourish our minds and bodies. With more than 25 years of experience in the dietary supplement industry, the Natrol Corporation is in a prime position to recognize health requirements and develop innovative new products that respond to those requirements." Added Balbert, "It made perfect sense to create a product line to help people fuel their brains with good nutrition, and contribute to the improvement of their mental performance, attention and memory."

About Natrol® brainSpeed(TM)

Each brainSpeed product contains a proprietary core blend of nutrients that has been identified as beneficial for attention, memory, decision-making and other cognitive functions. With this core blend and specific additional ingredients for each brainSpeed(TM) product, Natrol has created a product line that can help cognitive function with regular usage. For more information go to www.brainspeed.com.(a)

About Natrol

Founded in 1980, Natrol, Inc. (NASDAQ:NTOL - News) is a diversified nutrition company that manufactures and markets premium branded nutritional products, functional teas and sports fitness products under the Natrol®, Laci Le Beau® Tea and Prolab® Sports Nutrition labels. Natrol markets more than 200 nutritional products designed to meet a wide range of consumer needs. The products are available at more than 50,000 food, drug, mass market and independent health food stores, catalogs and Internet sites, gyms and specialty stores nationally and in select foreign countries. For more information, visit www.natrol.com.

(a) These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.

Brainspeed at drugstore.com

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If you have been waiting to try brainspeed, you can now purchase it for $29.95 from Drugstore.com - a 25% discount off the launch price. Now is the time to get it.