Dementia research committee appoints Buttrose chair
Ita Buttrose has been appointed chair of the CHeBA advisory committee. Launched in 2012, the UNSW Sydney’s Centre for Healthy...
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Research partnership aims to reduce cognitive decline with better social skills
Aged care provider Silverchain and leading researchers have formed an Australian-first collaboration to slow the risk of cognitive decline and...
Twin study offers hope for Alzheimer’s disease
A recent study revealed that one of the hallmark features of Alzheimer’s disease is only partially connected to genes. The...
Hearing loss linked to dementia risk
Hearing loss can increase the risk of developing dementia and mild cognitive impairment, research shows. Professor Henry Brodaty The research...
People with dementia at greater risk from Covid
People with Alzheimer’s Disease and other types of dementia are at increased risk of being infected with and dying from...
Study shows no link between statins, cognitive decline
A study of more than 1,000 older Australians indicates that the use of statins isn’t associated with memory decline or...
Diet improves brain function over time
There are no known ways to prevent or cure dementia, but researchers are learning more about what might help stave...
‘It just happened’: centenarians reveal secrets of longevity
Exercise, lemon juice, hard work and “it just happened” are all reasons provided for longevity by a cohort of 95-plus...