Brain Health-e-Bytes

After last week’s Health-e-Byte about music as medicine, I received several questions about the specific benefits of listening to personally meaningful music for people with dementia. The best [...]

Listening to music is medicine for our mind in a range of contexts. In 2022, a group of mentally healthy older adults were enrolled in an eight-week music intervention. Each participant, with [...]

As a doctor with an unquenchable passion for brain health and preventive medicine, I’ve spent years advocating for a lifestyle that supports not only our body but also our mind. I’ve seen, both [...]

Next Thursday 24th July at 11pm AEST (9am Pacific Standard Time in the US) I’ll be presenting a webinar for the American Society on Aging about the physical and mental harms of agism, and what we [...]

Australian Health Care Journalist, Sabrina Rogers-Anderson, recently asked me to contribute to an article titled 14 Simple Tips Health Experts Wish You Knew. I think all the recommendations [...]

The overriding message from the Australian Dementia Research Forum (ADRF) is that more than half of all cases of dementia (especially Alzheimer’s) could be prevented — IF ONLY people knew what to [...]

In spite of the incredible advances in science, medicine and technology, why are we seeing soaring rates of chronic diseases? Why has there been a surge in colon cancer in young people? Why are [...]

When should we start thinking about dementia prevention? Can it even be prevented? How common is dementia? What are early signs of dementia we should watch for? What are some of the biggest myths [...]

After last week’s Health-e-Byte about ageism, I received numerous requests for more of what I spoke about at the American Society on Aging Conference in Orlando, Florida. Thank you for your [...]

Ageism is an unrecognised form of discrimination that will affect all of us at some time — if we’re fortunate to live long enough. It’s also a form of discrimination that we perpetrate against [...]