CHeBA in the Media
Do genetics or lifestyle choices have the greatest impact on people's health?
The Older Australian Twins Study (OATS) has involved 623 twins, triplets and siblings aged 65 and older, including 220 people from Victoria.
CHeBA researchers say since the study begin in 2007 they have used the data to make a number of important findings, which point to a combination of genetic and environmental causes of age-related disease. Chief… Read More
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Richard Grellman is using his professional expertise and connections to raise awareness as well as funds for an ongoing corporate philanthropic endowment, named the Dementia Momentum, to support research into the illness which affects 330,000 Australians. His wife Suellen Grellman, was diagnosed with young onset Alzheimer's disease and moved into a residential care facility earlier this year, aged just 63.
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CHeBA Fitness Ambassor Hailey Maxwell, sees her role as making people "aware how important exercise is not only for physical health but for the quality of life as you grow older".
She supports the CHeBA's Professor Perminder Sachdev's view that "about half the risk of dementia is related to lifestyle factors, and exercise may be the most important protective factor for ageing brains".
So far Ms Maxwell has raised $10,750 for CHeBA to… Read More
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PJ Lane, the Underbelly actor and an ambassador for the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing, is gearing up to run in this year's Sun-Herald City 2 Surf, along with Professors Perminder Sachdev and Henry Brodaty, in an attempt to raise funds for research into the age-related brain disorder.
PJ's dad, Don Lane, died in October 2009 at 75 suffering from Alzheimer's disease.
''It's weird with Alzheimer's, all the stuff we do by routine that… Read More
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Doctors say many patients feel embarrassed about coming forward with symptoms of memory loss, according to Professor Henry Brodaty. "There's a lot of stigma about dementia in general and people are frightened to come forward for a diagnosis," he said.
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SMH coverage on CHeBA Co-Director Perminder Sachdev's research published in PLoS One.
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CHeBA's Sydney Centenarian Study paints a surprisingly optimistic picture of life at 100.
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BURIED in the DNA of centenarians are the secrets not only of living long, but living well. For now, we know only what they can tell us about how they came to live for more than 100 years, but in about a year's time scientists hope we may know a lot more. The 14 Australians who will submit their DNA are also participating in the Sydney Centenarian Study, being carried out by CHeBA and led by Dr Charlene Levitan and Professor Perminder… Read More
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DPS News covers the launch of the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA).
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The Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA) has officially been launched!
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