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(Pictured L-R: Professor Perminder Sachdev AM, John Teer, Ita Buttrose AO OBE, Professor Henry Brodaty AO, Richard Grellman AM)
How can we confront dementia, the greatest public health challenge in Australia? Understanding modifiable risk… Read More
The level of activity in the resting brain has a direct link to the ability to do well on cognitive tests, according to new research from the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing at UNSW Sydney.
The ability of an adult to learn and to perform cognitive tests is directly linked to… Read More
A collaborative study between researchers at the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA) and the Mark Wainwright Analytical Centre has developed a world-first, improved method to measure a coenzyme found in all living cells across biological samples, including brain cells and… Read More
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Researchers from the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA), UNSW - in collaboration with international researchers from Beihang University, Capital Medical University Beijing and the University of Sydney - have identified significant,… Read More
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In the week of Bill Gates announcing he has decided to join the fight against dementia, senior executives from Sydney's property industry have led the most successful… Read More
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In a bid to address the escalating number of people being diagnosed with dementia, three senior executives have pooled their skills and resources to develop Drive Out Dementia, an elite one day event where motoring enthusiasts have the… Read More
Higher blood glucose levels, even within the ‘normal’ range, may have a significant impact on total brain volume and grey matter atrophy in later life, according to a study by researchers from the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA) at UNSW Sydney and the Centre for Research… Read More
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Co-Director of CHeBA Professor Perminder Sachdev has been awarded US$2.57 million from the National Institutes of Health, USA, to identify risk and protective factors and biomarkers of cognitive ageing and dementia.
Announced by the… Read More
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The prevalence of incidental findings, or unexpected abnormalities, on brain imaging scans from twins over the age of 65 has been assessed by researchers from the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA), UNSW Sydney. The findings were… Read More
Inconsistent performance in responding to a stimulus, rather than the speed with which one responds, is a marker of accelerated ageing and predicts mortality in older people, according to research published by the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA), UNSW Sydney. The… Read More
A recent pilot study found that European quality indicators (QIs) are problematic for measuring quality of psychosocial care of people with dementia in Asia-Pacific countries, which account for over half of the global population with dementia. The study, co-led by researchers… Read More
A recent study by the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA), the Dementia Centre for Collaborative Research (DCRC) and School of Public Health and Community Medicine at UNSW Sydney provides recommendations to improve underuse of formal community services by people with young… Read More
The brain functional connectivity patterns of healthy older adults have been studied by the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing’s (CHeBA) Dr Alistair Perry. The research was published in the July issue of the journal Human Brain Mapping.
Functional connectivity studies examine the… Read More
UNSW's Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA) is a successful recipient in the Australian Government announcement that $40.1 million has been allocated to dementia research. A range of projects have been funded which aim to improve the lives of people living with dementia, and… Read More
Age- and sex-related differences in plasma levels of apolipoprotein have been examined by researchers at the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA), UNSW Sydney, to explore their potential contribution to physical and cognitive health, in subjects in the second 50 years of… Read More