Enalan

Fort Lauderdale at sunset Enalan Communications, Inc., is a Fort Lauderdale, Florida based-company providing health care information services to consumers and companies that focus on health care information delivery. We provide publishing services for authors and consultation on web site and text design.

A principal in the company is Dr. Ray Ownby, formerly Professor at the University of Miami and now engaged in editorial and development work with Enalan. Dr. Ownby is the author of numerous works on memory and cognition in older adults, and in the effects that cognitive changes have on users' interactions with information. Dr. Ownby assists in consultation on how older adults interact with web sites and other technological devices. Enalan also provides consultation on health literacy interventions and technologies that support them. We support an alpha version of a tailored information intervention aimed at improving older adults' medication adherence, the initial development of which was supported by a grant to Dr. Ownby from the National Institute on Aging. We are in the process of refining it and deploying it in another NIH-supported study, this time supported by the National Institute of Mental Health.

Worried to Death

Worried to Death

You don't have to spend your life tired, irritable, and angry!

Brain Fitness and The Mind of a Monk
the contrast between Tibetan monks’ apparent calm, evident even on brain scans, and her own anxiety disorder. Ms. Warner says that she suffers from panic disorder,
Do GAD and Depression Overlap?
Are generalized anxiety disorder and depression the same thing? New research says probably not.
Simple Ways to Cope with Anxiety without Medications
With all the uncertainty in the economy, more and more people are asking about how to manage anxiety. Although several types of medications can be helpful in coping with anxiety, some of them (drugs in the group of benzodiazepines, such as Valium, Xanax, and Ativan) can actually have a negative impact on your memory. Other [...]

Miami Brain Fitness Blog

Miami Brain Fitness

The Miami Brain Fitness Program -- Integrating Computers, Diet, and Exercise for Optimal Brain Health

Manage Stress and Improve Your Brain Fitness
Stress reorganizes brain circuits and can leave you even deeper in a rut. Worse, it may change how your brain is wired, and in a bad way. An article published in Science shows that stressed animals tend to make decisions based on habit rather than by taking outcomes into account. Dias-Ferreira and his colleagues looked at [...]
Depression and Brain Training
A recent article in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences may give us a clue on why depression and mental abilities are linked. In the past, my colleagues and I looked at how depression can actually increase the risk for developing Alzheimer’s disease. The article in PNAS, authored by Aaron Heller, though, [...]

For the Love of Rachel

For the Love of Rachel is a father's engrossing tale of his journey to find a family. When he first met his wife Susan, things looked rosy almost immediately. But when they began to try to have a baby, complications arose. For the Love of Rachel is available on-line from the Enalan bookstore. CLICK HERE to go to the store. It's affiliated with Amazon. The link will open in a new window.

Enalan Store

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Consulting Services

Health Literacy

Health literacy is defined as the ability to understand health information and apply it to help you become more health. Studies, including one of our own, have shown that the majority of websites are written in a way that make them hard for users to understand. Adjusting to users' health literacy needs is an important aspect of usability.