When Jason van Genderen’s father became terminally ill with cancer, Jason started filming their lives so he could create a lasting family legacy. Not long after his father passed away, his Dutch [...]
Recently I came across the Numeric Language of Music® (NLM) program conceived by Patty Carlson. Patty is a film score composer and producer, concert pianist and music educator. She taught herself [...]
Two weeks ago, I wrote about a new online trial called BetterBrains developed by Monash University Researchers. The project is designed to boost your brain and defy dementia and as a participant [...]
Monash University researchers have developed an online trial called BetterBrains that is designed to boost your brain and defy dementia. I’m a participant myself and highly recommend the [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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