14 Ways to Protect Your Brain: Reduce Your Dementia Risk by 45%

14 Ways to Protect Your Brain: Reduce Your Dementia Risk by 45%

70,000 Kiwis are currently living with dementia, and this number is projected to skyrocket to 170,000 by 2050. While these figures may seem daunting, there’s good news: dementia is not a normal or inevitable part of aging. Our brains are remarkably resilient and...

Can you grow your hippocampus?

Yes. Here’s how, and why it matters By Dr. Majid Fotuhi A pair of thumb-sized structures deep in the center of the human brain are critical for our ability to learn and remember. Thanks to their shape, each of them is called hippocampus — which means seahorse in...

Outrunning the Risk of Dementia

Even if dementia runs in your family, smart lifestyle changes can help you improve your chances of staying ahead of it. Published: December, 2019 Havard Health There are many things you can change about your life, but unfortunately, your genes are not among them. For...
WHO – Vitamins won’t stop dementia.

WHO – Vitamins won’t stop dementia.

But a healthy lifestyle might.       Vitamins and supplements won’t help stave off dementia, but a healthy lifestyle might, suggest new guidelines released May 19, 2019, by the World Health Organization (WHO). The WHO warns that the number of new...
Helen asks: What can I do to prevent Alzheimer’s?

Helen asks: What can I do to prevent Alzheimer’s?

Helen was exhausted. Her ageing father had again been up and around the house most of the night ‘looking for something’ and then not being able to find his bedroom again. His Alzheimer’s symptoms were worsening and she knew the day was coming when he would need to go...