What if you could tap into the greatest minds of our day?
You can! In fact, you can tap into the greatest minds from any period in history. On Thursday 12th November you’re invited to join Australian Reading Hour. Choose any hour of the day and choose [...]
Busting Dementia Myths
September is Dementia Awareness month and ABC radio Gold Coast asked me to dispel the most common myths about dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. Below is a transcript of our conversation. You [...]
Being optimistic boosts your brain
Train yourself to see the glass half full. Not only will you live longer, you’ll reduce your risk of dementia. Researchers at University College London have shown that repetitive negative [...]
Dental floss = mental floss
How can flossing your teeth reduce your risk of Alzheimer’s disease? Samantha Brett and Ryan Phelan from Channel 7’s The Daily Edition asked Dr Helena to provide some answers. Here is a [...]
There’s more to music than meets the ear
Following last week’s Health-e-Byte I received a lot of questions about the benefits of music in conditions other than dementia and Parkinson’s disease. It turns out that medicine may need to [...]
Let music be your medicine
Listening to music always prompted my father to tell stories about significant events in his life – the first opera his mother took him to see when he was 8 years old; dining out with Mum [...]
The eyes are the window to the brain
Sun-speckled delicate beads of rain were trickling down our living room window when I noticed a vivid rainbow diving into the lake behind our house. ‘Hey Dad, come and see the rainbow!’ I called. [...]
