Heart disease has been the leading cause of death for Australians since the 1960s. It’s about to be overtaken.
Baby Boomers are set to dominate aged care in the next decade. As the generation of free love,their expectations around sex means providers need to change.
Wendy Mitchell spent a decade educating people about living with dementia. Now her daughter wants to tell us about how she died,and why it didn’t have to be that way.
Scientists are confident a link between sleep and dementia exists,but it’s complicated.
The shocked scientist behind the finding said soaring rates of plastics in the body may be the “dark matter” force driving dementia rates and falling fertility.
Scientists in the US and Australia are using artificial intelligence to keep up with an estimated 78 million dementia cases by 2030.
Experts say two drugs expected to arrive in Australia soon have helped slow cognitive decline in trials and may be a key to widespread prevention of Alzheimer’s disease.
Dr Nick Carr said Victoria’s voluntary assisted dying laws need to be brought into line with other states,which allow doctors to raise the issue.
Researchers say identifying people at risk almost a decade before symptoms appear could lead to improved treatments before the brain has suffered much damage.
When a fellow resident is found dead in Rose’s aged care facility,she knows all is not as it should be. Finding the right words,however,proves vexing – and compelling.
When we were faced with our first Mother’s Day without Mom’s physical presence,we started a new tradition:my dad,brothers and I went to the cemetery to visit her.