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Blood Test For Alzheimer’s Disease
Green Light for First Blood Test to Diagnose Alzheimer’s Disease in the USA The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved the first test to use a blood sample to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease. [1] The earlier Alzheimer’s disease can be diagnosed, the...
Webinar | Launching the 2025 World Alzheimer Report | 18 September 2025
18 September 2025 | 1 pm London | 8 am New York Join Alzheimer's Disease International (ADI) again for their annual launch of the World Alzheimer Report on 18 September 2025. This year is focusing on the essential, yet often overlooked, area of dementia...
Newsletter August 2025
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A new drug treatment for Alzheimer’s disease explained by Professor Amy Brodtmann
Why are people so excited about donanemab? Donanemab is the first drug to be approved in Australia that alters the course of Alzheimer's disease. Previous medications have only helped to manage the symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease. How does it work? Donanemab is given...
Shingles Vaccine Cuts Dementia Risk
Researchers have uncovered the strongest evidence yet that the shingles vaccination may reduce the risk of developing dementia1. The work published in Nature last month, took advantage of a vaccination rollout that took place in Wales over a decade ago. The UK...
Take part in Australia’s first Living with Dementia survey
About the survey The Living with Dementia Survey is being conducted by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, in collaboration with the University of Canberra. The survey will ask you questions about things like: Your experiences of being diagnosed with...
Newsletter April 2025
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Volunteering Slows Down Our Rate of Ageing
Volunteering - for as little as one hour a week - is linked to slower biological aging, a new study from Washington University found[1]. Biological age measures how old our cells and tissues are, relative to our actual age in years. Using data from the national...
Older Persons Advocacy Network (OPAN)
The Older Persons Advocacy Network (OPAN) is a national network comprised of nine state and territory organisations that have been successfully delivering advocacy, information, and education services to older people across Australia for close to 30 years. The OPAN...