23 Mar 2012 Proactive Ageing
You’ll be introduced to some of the latest science, and the new options available to you. The good news is it’s accessible, affordable and will make a big difference to the way you function. If you’d like to enhance your self awareness, mental agility and emotional intelligence, this workshop will open the door for you to the future of integrated mental and physical health.
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24 Nov 2011 Elite Minds
Interim results have been published re a new study measuring the impact upon cognitive functioning of training with computerised cognitive training software compared to training with crossword puzzles.
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08 Nov 2011 Australian Ageing Agenda
Professor Yaakov Stern has been in Australia speaking at the Optimising Healthy Brain Ageing Symposium, explaining the concept of Cognitive Reserve and explaining that dementia prevention strategies can help protect the brain reserve, but that the extent to which it will delay the onset of Alzheimer's will vary from person-to-person.
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10 Oct 2011
Alzheimer's is but one form of dementia, there are many other conditions that can cause dementia. Therefore it is important that a patient obtains an accurate diagnosis in order to seek out and receive the proper treatment for their condition. Here are 10 common forms of dementia and their causes..
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23 Aug 2011 Proactive Ageing
With any good risk management strategy our best bet is to diversify risk across several of the most likely factors. The “Systematic Evidence Review” clearly identifies the most likely risk factors. We don’t have certainty but we do have direction and I think that is an encouraging message for the public. The good news for those interested in brain training is that in the findings for cognitive decline, cognitive training has the highest level of evidence.
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02 Aug 2011 Moorabin Leader
BENTLEIGH residents are being told to “use it or lose it” - their brain, that is.
A new program aimed at bringing brain fitness programs into the mainstream fitness industry is opening in Bentleigh, a suburb ranked fifth in a report on the prevalence of Alzheimer’s disease in Melbourne suburbs, commissioned by Alzheimer’s Australia.
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28 Jan 2011 PsychCentral
New study highlights the future possibility of blood tests to predict cognitive decline and the importance of building cognitive reserve as a risk-reduction measure.
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09 Jan 2011 Elite Minds
New research from the UK suggests that brain is not fully developed until people are well into their 30’s and 40’s. This research contradicts current theories that the brain matures in the mid-twenties.
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09 Dec 2010 Elite Minds
Harry Smith from CBS News speaks with Neurologist Dr. Alan Mazurek about how baby boomers can keep their brains sharp.
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30 Oct 2010 Elite Minds
Scientists often describe the brain as being like an orchestra, requiring all parts performing their roles properly in order to produce outstanding performance. Supporting this description is a new study out from the University of Berkeley that suggests that in order to perform complex tasks the brain needs rhythm, cortical rhythm.
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