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Latest research led by the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA) at UNSW Sydney may help in developing dementia-prevention strategies globally.
The research, which investigated associations between risk factors and late-life cognitive… Read More
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A group of Sydney surfers aged between 10 and 70 years of age competed in the first ever inter-generational ‘Wipeout Dementia’ at Queenscliff beach on Saturday to raise funds for research at the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA),… Read More
HEIDI DOUGLASS | h.douglass@unsw.edu.au
Pictured: Richard Grellman whose wife Suellen has advanced young onset Alzheimer's disease, with son Ben.
Dementia continues to be one of the biggest global public health challenges faced by modern societies.
With the number of people… Read More
Pictured L-R: Scientia Professor Perminder Sachdev AM, Richard Grellman AM & Scientia Professor Henry Brodaty AO.
HEIDI DOUGLASS | h.douglass@unsw.edu.au
Richard Grellman AM has been awarded the University’s highest honour in recognition of his eminent services to both the… Read More
HEIDI DOUGLASS | h.douglass@unsw.edu.au
A $649,205 grant from the National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC) has been awarded to the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA) to support CHeBA’s Stroke and Cognition Consortium (STROKOG).
The Australian group, led by… Read More
HEIDI DOUGLASS | h.douglass@unsw.edu.au
Research outcomes from an international consortium led by the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA), UNSW Sydney, have indicated that elderly people with suspected Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) should be tested with both verbal and… Read More
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For the full image gallery, see Wipeout Dementia November 2018 Surf Off.
With people aged 65 and over set to comprise over 20% of the population within the next decade and dementia now the single greatest cause of disability in this… Read More
HEIDI DOUGLASS | h.douglass@unsw.edu.au
Colliers International Residential has raised over $70,000 for the Wipeout Dementia campaign led by the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA), UNSW Sydney at their annual Residential Developer’s charity event held on Friday, 7 September… Read More
HEIDI DOUGLASS | h.douglass@unsw.edu.au
Today is World Alzheimer’s Day. With a person somewhere in the world developing dementia every 3 seconds, CHeBA’s Co-Directors Professor Perminder Sachdev and Professor Henry Brodaty encourage everyone to assist in the global effort to… Read More
HEIDI DOUGLASS | h.douglass@unsw.edu.au
A group of Sydney’s senior executives, which included Warringah Federal Liberal MP Tony Abbott, competed in ‘Wipeout Dementia’ at Queenscliff beach on Saturday to raise funds for research at the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA),… Read More
HEIDI DOUGLASS | h.douglass@unsw.edu.au
(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
HEIDI DOUGLASS | h.douglass@unsw.edu.au
For the full image gallery, see Wipeout Dementia November 2017 Surf Off.
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
HEIDI DOUGLASS | h.douglass@unsw.edu.au
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
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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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Sydney’s senior executives – including Warringah Federal Liberal MP Tony Abbott and NAB’s newly appointed Chief Customer Officer Mike Baird – joined forces in an effort to Wipeout Dementia at Queenscliff on Saturday, 27 May.
Spokesman for… Read More
