HEIDI DOUGLASS | h.douglass@unsw.edu.au
Research from UNSW Sydney’s Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA) has evaluated the impact of a person-centred intervention on the quality of healthcare and clinical outcomes for people living with dementia, following hospitalisation… Read More
HEIDI DOUGLASS | h.douglass@unsw.edu.au
A first-ever national study will investigate the societal and environmental factors that lay the path for health issues including dementia, with a focus on Australia.
To prevent future cases of dementia we need to understand who is at… Read More
HEIDI DOUGLASS | h.douglass@unsw.edu.au
A Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA) study provides compelling evidence for clinical practice to direct efforts toward preventing white matter damage in individuals with hypertension, to protect against cognitive decline and dementia… Read More
HEIDI DOUGLASS | h.douglass@unsw.edu.au
Surfing legends Owen Wright and Mark ‘Occy’ Occhilupo are teaming up with property industry executives to tackle the escalating dementia challenge.
The Australian pro surfers will be hitting Sydney’s iconic Bondi Beach on 5 April 2024… Read More
HEIDI DOUGLASS | h.douglass@unsw.edu.au
For the first time, UNSW Sydney’s Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA) will consider the role of the brain microbiome in promoting health and the prevention of cognitive decline and dementia, thanks to a $90,000 grant awarded by the… Read More
HEIDI DOUGLASS | h.douglass@unsw.edu.au
The Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA) at UNSW Sydney is a world leader in bringing together multiple studies from around the world to further develop the epidemiology of dementia, deal with the global inequity in such research, and… Read More
HEIDI DOUGLASS | h.douglass@unsw.edu.au
A recent study out of UNSW Sydney’s Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA) suggests that the research pace into understanding biomarkers for the diagnosis of vascular cognitive impairment and dementia needs to be accelerated.
The review… Read More
HEIDI DOUGLASS | h.douglass@unsw.edu.au
Research led by UNSW Sydney’s Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA) has highlighted the need for clarity when defining late life cognitively high performers, which could ultimately inform strategies to help prevent the development of… Read More
HEIDI DOUGLASS | h.douglass@unsw.edu.au
21-year-old Grace Corkhill has found a new lease on life after being assessed and treated in a New South Wales-first tertiary clinical program for her diagnosis of functional neurological disorder, known as FND.
Grace, who lives in… Read More
HEIDI DOUGLASS | h.douglass@unsw.edu.au
We focus too much on memory loss in relation to dementia and not enough on difficulties with identifying emotions in social situations, according to researchers from UNSW Sydney’s Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA) and the MARCS… Read More
HEIDI DOUGLASS | h.douglass@unsw.edu.au
On 22 October 2012, after three decades of complementary and collaborative research, Professor Henry Brodaty AO and Professor Perminder Sachdev AM officially joined forces to mark a new direction in dementia research, with the launch of… Read More
HEIDI DOUGLASS | h.douglass@unsw.edu.au
A first-ever national study to be launched today will investigate whether there has been a generational change in brain health, including an increase in the incidence of dementia, following major increases in the number of Australians… Read More
HEIDI DOUGLASS | h.douglass@unsw.edu.au
People over the age of 60 who are treated for their high blood pressure (hypertension) have a 26% lower risk of dementia compared to those who are untreated, according to research from UNSW Sydney’s Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA… Read More
HEIDI DOUGLASS | h.douglass@unsw.edu.au
New research led by UNSW Sydney’s Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA) finds that genetic risk for higher blood pressure even in those in their 40s and 50s may contribute to poorer cognitive function.
“This research is groundbreaking… Read More
HEIDI DOUGLASS | h.douglass@unsw.edu.au
Co-Director of UNSW Sydney’s Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA), Professor Henry Brodaty, will join a team of researchers, multicultural community organisations and public health campaigners to deliver a program aimed at decreasing… Read More