Improve your mind by improving your balance
It’s well-established that aerobic exercise (running, jogging, cycling, swimming, brisk walking) and strength training (squats, lifting weights, pushing and pulling) are essential for good [...]
How to empower people living with dementia and their caregivers
AlzAuthors is a global community of authors writing about Alzheimer’s and other dementias from personal experience. They began in 2015, when co-founders Marianne Sciucco, Jean Lee, and [...]
Only one week until Northern Beaches Seniors Festival on 19th March!
Our brain constitutes less than 2% of our body weight, yet it uses 20% of all the calories we consume. What we eat matters. The brain is our most cholesterol-rich organ. It contains 25% of our [...]
Join me at Northern Beaches Seniors Festival on 19th March
I’m excited to be part of the Sydney Northern Beaches Seniors Festival — Dementia Wellness Workshop — at Queenscliff Surf Life Saving Club on Wednesday 19th March 2025 from 12pm to 3pm. This [...]
A new medication to treat Alzheimer’s!
A pill called Xanamem, taken once a day, is showing promise in slowing — and possibly even stopping — cognitive decline in people with Alzheimer’s. It may also help those with severe depression [...]
There is no single cause of Alzheimer’s dementia
I took this photo from the lookout over Whitehaven Beach on Whitsunday Island. It’s an ever-changing seascape that responds and adapts to the meteorological conditions it is exposed to. [...]
A new tool can forecast if you’ll get Alzheimer’s — and what you can do to thwart the prediction
Researchers from the University of Melbourne have developed a tool called the Florey Dementia Index (FDI) or Florey Dementia Risk Score (FDRS) that can predict whether a person will develop [...]
Do you want to be a Winner or a Whinger?
Welcome to 2025! May the year bring you joy, fulfilment and the best of health. As it turns out, joy and fulfilment are in fact the greatest contributors to good health. When we feel positive [...]
The Twelve Days of Well-mas
On the first day of Christmas, My doctor said to me What will keep you living healthfully? On the second day of Christmas, My doctor said to me Two faithful friends Are what keep you living long [...]
Do you leave the toilet seat up when you flush?
Do you put the toilet seat down before you flush? Flushing the toilet can produce a plume of vapour that travels faster than 2 metres per second (6.6 feet) and reaches a height of 1.5 metres [...]
