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 [...]
Being an optimist lowers your risk of dementia
Helena was interviewed by Richard and Belinda about dementia and positivity
Dr. Helena interviewed on ABC Radio Tropical North about the latest studies in dementia.
Dr. Helena interviewed on ABC Radio Tropical North about the latest studies in dementia.
Solve this puzzle to save your brain
Any time we hear news about dementia, it’s rarely good. There are currently 450 000 people in Australia living with dementia and this number is increasing by 250 people every day. But this does [...]
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 [...]
Alzheimer’s breakthrough
Dr Helena interviewed on the Daily Edition about a blood test that can predict Alzheimer’s disease decades before any symptoms appear.
