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Concussions may be associated with worse brain function at later age: study

31 Jan 2023

Experiencing three or more traumatic brain injuries was linked with lower cognitive function later in life.

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Can pomegranates protect the brain from dementia?

01 Sep 2016

A diet rich in pomegranates had significant positive impacts on the brain health of mice with Alzheimer’s disease, an international research team led by UNSW's Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing has found.

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Nobel cause for UNSW researchers

25 Jun 2014

Two UNSW post-doctoral researchers have been chosen to meet some of the world’s finest minds at the annual Nobel Laureate meeting in Germany.

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Is the incidence of dementia declining?

04 Oct 2013

Dementia rates may be falling but the downward trend won’t go on forever, warns Perminder Sachdev. 

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Reducing dementia drug risk

26 Jun 2013

The over-prescription of antipsychotic medication to people with dementia in care will be targeted in a new million-dollar project led by UNSW researchers.

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Meeting of minds on Capitol Hill

09 May 2013

Two UNSW researchers are among 11 world experts to have addressed the US Congress as part of President Obama’s initiative to map the human brain.

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Mental disorders: debunking some myths of the DSM-5

19 Apr 2013

The DSM-5 is not above criticism, but is probably the best manual of mental disorders we are likely to get, writes Perminder Sachdev.

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Exercise your mind

12 Apr 2013

Dementia isn’t inevitable and simple lifestyle changes in middle age are still the best way to keep the disease at bay.

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Cognitive decline ‘reversed’ in one in four people

28 Mar 2013

One in four elderly people with mild cognitive impairment – a precursor to dementia – naturally ‘reverts’ to normal cognition, UNSW research shows.

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Super Centenarians

25 Feb 2013

Genetic material from 14 of Australia’s oldest citizens has been sent overseas in a bid to discover the secret of surviving and thriving into very old age.

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