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When I was approached by the UK-based charity ‘Dementia Adventure’ to appear on their podcast, the answer was a resounding yes!  Click here to listen to our deep dive into how adventure prevents [...]

When I was in California in June this year, I had the pleasure of meeting Ruth Stevens, author of the book and stage play, Stage Seven (which refers to the seventh stage of Alzheimer’s), a [...]

While I was in Melbourne for Dementia Awareness Month in September this year, I spoke to Sharon McGrath, producer of The House of Wellness TV show, about how we can all defy dementia right now. [...]

I took this photo during my visit to the vibrant, eclectic, City of Music, Nashville Tennessee on the morning of my interview with Channel 9’s Today Extra. Click here to watch our conversation [...]

Many people have asked me what was the most interesting thing I learned at the Alzheimer Europe conference in Geneva. It was the impact of noise pollution on our physical health.  A 14-year study [...]

Modern medicine needs to acknowledge that more than 80% of our health is determined by how we live our lives — the food we eat, the work we do, the stress we’re under, the quality of our sleep, [...]

What we eat has a much bigger impact on our brain than most people realise.  Food influences: The clarity of our thinking How quickly we process information How well we learn and remember things [...]

Recently I’ve been asked about the sugar, alcohol and caffeine content of kombucha, so here are my answers. Firstly, there is no such thing as completely sugar-free kombucha. While kombucha can [...]

I took this photo of the Picasso painting, Les Demoiselles d’Avignon, when I visited the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) in New York earlier this year. The title refers to sex workers in Barcelona’s [...]

On World Alzheimer’s Day — 21st September every year — I had the pleasure of speaking with Carla Bignasca on 4BC radio about the most important things we can do to reduce our risk of developing [...]