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Reporting of recent studies may have caused alarm that brain injuries cause dementia. It just increases your risk.
Outcomes are better when people with dementia are in home-like care rather than standard nursing homes.
Frontotemporal dementia typically affects people under 65 and is about more than memory loss – this is what to look out for.
Comics often portray those with dementia as abnormal or less than human.
From opioids to endocannabinoids, an exercise scholar digs into the science to explain the mental health benefits of a regular workout.
How can exercise, meditation and hypnosis change our brains and potentially prevent disease?
Informal caregivers contribute $25 million to the Canadian economy in unpaid labour, receiving virtually no financial support or emotional respite. More web-based interventions could help.
A lot of Alzheimer’s treatments focus on removing plaques in the brain. But could this be the wrong target?
Although we can’t change our age or genetic profile, there are fortunately several lifestyle changes we can make that will reduce our dementia risk.
A new form of therapy gives people with dementia the opportunity to chat with other baseball fans, watch footage of old games and even play wiffle ball.
Study of the “memory centres” of the brain in adults offers hope for detecting Alzheimer’s disease earlier – before the onset of memory loss.
The research shows a link between high-sugar diets and diseases such as dementia and cancer. It doesn’t show that sugar causes them, but it’s compelling enough to prompt us to cut down on sugar.
A new study has assessed the links between cholesterol and cognitive function.
More than 47 million people age 65 and older live in the US, and many need help accessing health care. Here are some questions that grown children should ask their parents’ doctors.
Because we’re still not sure exactly what causes dementia, finding a treatment is difficult.
Trump generates chaos every day yet there is scant information in any of it Nonetheless, there are hints about his mental health, the consequences of the Russia probe and the power of women in 2018.
With people living longer lives and dementia on the rise, it’s time to consider whether it’s verboten for spouses acting as full-time caregivers to seek love and comfort outside their marriages.
Lithium is present naturally in many water systems and was once considered an elixir. It has long been used to treat bipolar disorder, but researchers have also started exploring its role in dementia.
The first clinical trial examining a drug to treat Alzheimer’s was begun 30 years ago. There is still no cure and no known way to prevent the disease. Two factors may contribute to that.
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Associate Professor, Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, Monash University
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Associate professor, University of Sydney
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Research Fellow in Neuroimmunology, UCL
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Head of Clinical Services, Dementia Support Australia, & Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Monash University
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Associate Professor in Cellular Neuroscience, University of Reading
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Professor in Ageing and Health, University of Sydney
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Senior Research Fellow in the Institute of Population Health, NIHR Applied Research Collaboration North West Coast, University of Liverpool
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Professor of Chemistry and Senior Scientist of the Krembil Research Institute, University Health Network, University of Toronto
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Host, The Conversation Weekly Podcast, The Conversation
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Professor of Psychology in Epidemiology, UCL
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Professor of Neurology, UCL
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Professor Emeritus of Molecular Neurobiology at the University of Manchester and a Visiting Professorial Fellow, University of Oxford
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Post grad student at University of Edinburgh, The University of Edinburgh
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Investigations Editor, Insights, The Conversation
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Associate Professor, Neurology, University of Florida
