High intensity interval training, which has established heart health benefits, could also help prevent cognitive decline and dementia in older adults. A University of Queensland
In 2008 the Australian government released its Closing the Gap Strategy, which laid out plans to achieve health equality for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Recognition of links between diet and mental health has snowballed in recent years. This includes the impact of nutrition on risk of dementia and Alzheimer’s
Over the past decade, dementia has jumped from the fourth to the second leading cause of death in Australia – and for Australian women it
New research adds to growing evidence that dementia can be prevented or delayed with modifiable lifestyle factors. Researchers followed up more than 300 older adults
People have long thought that dementia is unavoidable if you carry risky genes. Now research is slowly but surely debunking this fateful thinking as mounting
Nature has provided us with exquisite bodies and food to feed them – and much as medicine tries to trump it, nutrition continues to prevail.
A large Australian study has found that increasing calcium and protein intake in older adults through dietary sources can reduce the incidence of falls and
Despite having health as their core agenda, hospitals and other health services have ironically long served up the very foods and drinks that are responsible
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