Preventing cognitive decline through lifestyle intervention, results of a large randomized trial nature.com/articles/s4159… Conducted online, 4 modules, personalized, targeting physical activity, nutrition, cognitive activity, depression/anxiety, in at-risk individuals, mean age 65

If you're at all worried about getting dementia in the future, please read this. This new study, run by the inimitable Prof Henry Brodaty and team, shows we can substantially reduce our risk of dementia, even into older age. Via an online, tailored, multicomponent intervention.

Professor @henrybrodaty from UNSW Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA) “Behaviours are an important manifestation of dementia. We’ve known for many years that almost 90% of people in residential care have behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD)” #ANSS Neuropsychiatric Syndromes PIA Design and Data Analytics PIA

Dr Moyra Mortby and Prof Henry Brodaty among the speakers today at #ANSS, the inaugural Australasian Neuropsychiatric Symptoms Symposium. Neuropsychiatric symptoms in older age are key markers of poor outcomes. Thanks ISTAART for funding to support this important conference.

Huge congrats to the organisers of the inaugural Australasian Neuropsychiatric Symptoms Symposium #ANSS, especially Dr Moyra Mortby. Great opportunity for researchers in this under-funded field to come together, share findings and plan future collaborations.

Chart from CrunchME showing just how low the NIH funding level is for ME/CFS & Long Covid compared to disease burden 🔍 $14 and $62 per disability-adjusted life year (DALY) respectively

NEW STUDY: Antidepressants are associated with faster rates of cognitive decline in dementia patients. SSRI users also had a greater risk of fractures and all-cause mortality than non-users.

The chart everyone should be talking about: rise in disabled ADULT Americans (who claim it). Look at the numbers. Look at the spike.

Great new research confirming the importance of lifestyle behaviours in good health. We found that healthier lifestyles in older adults lowered the risk of death. This was even stronger for people with multimorbidity. UNSW Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA) mdpi.com/3198842 via Nutrients MDPI

We can't work out why funds designated to medical research can't be released from the MRFF. Not new debt, current funds. So we animated it 👇. Share this, tag in your MPs, and help AAMRI secure the election promise that the unspent funds, that are allocated and available, will be

Multidimensional outcomes associated with chronic fatigue over 12 mont... sciencedirect.com/science/articl… Chronic Fatigue states are often ignored in mental health care, despite their impact on quality of life and contribution to disability. Time to deploy more effective interventions

A comparison of Australian Government funding for ME/CFS & Long COVID vs a selection of other diseases 🇦🇺 Thank you to eIisa for bringing these numbers together in CrunchME's policy report "The Future is a Policy Choice"

Led by researchers with lived experience of chronic conditions, the review has been published in Health Policy: sciencedirect.com/science/articl… Research at ANU

🚨New paper🚨 Excited to share our latest on nature today: The PIVOT PENALTY in research. nature.com/articles/s4158… More than five years in the making. Key finding: The impact of new research steeply declines the further a researcher moves from their previous work.

#ADRF25 Day 2 started off with Stephanie Rainey-Smith presenting her work with PhD student Louise Pivac on the effect of a CBTi program over 18 months in older adults with poor sleep and memory impairment! 😴 🧠 🎉

Flying the flag for people with ME/CFS at #ADRF2025 Delighted to meet a fellow spoonie and hear about her research which includes aspects of fatigue..with real world lived experience..impressive Fleur Harrison 🌈

Fabulous to see such a diverse panel of experts in dementia #ADRF Australian Dementia Network - ADNeT Academics, policy makers, clinicians and importantly persons with lived expertise, coming together to improve dementia outcomes.

Can understanding apathy help identify people at risk of dementia? Fantastic to present my latest research showing apathy is linked with long-term risk of dementia at the Australian Dementia Research Forum (ADRF), hosted by Australian Dementia Network - ADNeT   Stay tuned for the publication!

More than one million Australians are expected to be living with dementia by 2065, with the silent killer now the leading cause of death in the country according to the Dementia in Australia report released today by the The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. The surge

🚨 BREAKING: Brand new ACOSS report finds 1 in 7 Australians are living in poverty, including 757,000 children. Millions of families are struggling while our leaders sit on their hands and let it happen.