Women who have taken hormone replacement therapy for menopausal symptoms may be reassured by findings from a large study reporting no overall increased risk of dementia[1]. What is HRT? Hormone replacement therapy, or HRT, is used to relieve symptoms of the menopause...
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StepUp Director Professor Yun-Hee Jeon on 2NUR FM Podcast
Professor Yun-Hee Jeon, Director of StepUp for Dementia Research, was interviewed about what dementia is, challenges on dementia research studies in Australia, importance of participation and involvement in research studies, and how StepUp for Dementia Research works....
Publication – Early Implementation and Evaluation of StepUp for Dementia Research
New Paper Out: Early Implementation and Evaluation of StepUp for Dementia Research: An Australia-Wide Dementia Research Participation and Public Engagement Platform StepUp for Dementia Research team published the first paper about the service. It has been over two...
Newsletter October 2021
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Agent Orange Doubles the Risk of Dementia for Vietnam Veterans
U.S. veterans exposed to Agent Orange during the Vietnam War are twice as likely to develop dementia, a study published early this year found[1].Tactical Warfare U.S. forces sprayed gallons of Agent Orange during the Vietnam War to defoliate jungle trees that provided...
What is this study about? Developing an online financial skills test
Financial Skills in Older AdultsOver 50? Participate in a study to develop an online test of everyday financial skills. Ecstra Foundation is funding research led by Dr Stephanie Wong and her team at the Brain and Mind Centre (University of Sydney), which aims to help...
Medication Management for People with Dementia following a Hospital Stay
Instructions: “Take one tablet three times a day”So, is that dividing 24 hours by three and taking the medication every eight hours? Or can I coordinate it with my meals and take them all within 12 hours? Will it matter if I take it with my other morning tablet? A...
Newsletter June 2021
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Have we got the Leading Theory About Alzheimer’s all Wrong?
The leading hypothesis on the cause of Alzheimer’s is looking shaky, following a new paper that pooled data from several studies to find that strategies to reduce amyloid levels in the brain do not improve cognition.[1]The Amyloid Hypothesis For several decades, a...
Dementia Training Australia (DTA)
Dementia Training Australia (DTA) provides dementia-specific accredited and non-accredited education, training, and professional development for aged and health care professionals. Our mission is to improve the knowledge and skills of the workforce who are involved in...
