This is not like the dementia you see on TV or the movies
Now, having lived with dementia for several years, I can share that one of my greatest concerns is not my memory loss. This is what it is instead.
Dementia
How Wally Lewis plans to push past his dementia diagnosis
Rugby league icon Wally Lewis has opened up about his struggles with probable CTE two years after his diagnosis.
I couldn’t finish sentences – how I discovered I had dementia at 57
It wasn’t until a friend mentioned to Pam Eade that her husband was often finishing sentences for her that she found out she had dementia.
Revealed: Four big dementia risk factors
Dementia will soon overtake cancer and cardiovascular disease, as our biggest killer. See experts’ advice and what Aussies can do to lower their risk.
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New pill provides breakthrough in Alzheimer’s treatment
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The four things you can do now to delay dementia
People who took part in a world-first program that involved making changes in these four key areas experienced major benefits expected to delay dementia’s onset.
This tool can predict if and when you’ll get early Alzheimer’s disease
A new online tool has been able to predict what age older adults will get Alzheimer’s. And it may give people the chance to plan their dementia care while they are still able to.
Taking this one vitamin could help prevent dementia in women, study finds
A promising discovery
Shock stat exposes Aussie dementia reality
A shocking new report has exposed the dire health reality for almost half a million Aussies, as experts warn the figures are expected to double over the next three decades.
Tea could significantly reduce the risk of dementia, study shows
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How cognition changes before dementia, Alzheimer’s hits
New research challenges the common perception that memory loss is the earliest indicator of dementia, and in particular Alzheimer’s.
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