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PDFThe Healthy Brain Program, an initiative of the Australian Brain Foundation, aims to assist Australians to keep their brains healthy into old age, through the provision of community education and research. The Neurological Foundation believes that it could be beneficial for New Zealanders too
Brain Health
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2 January, 2012
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2 January, 2012
Researchers at the University of Florida have discovered a link between morbid obesity in toddlers and lower IQ scores, cognitive delays and brain lesions similar to those seen in Alzheimer’s disease patients. Although the cause is unknown, the researchers suspect the metabolic disturbances
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2 January, 2012
About Brain Fitness
We are at the beginning of a revolution in brain fitness. Scientists are beginning to understand more about how the brain works—and what can create problems. The result: effective treatments, therapies and lifestyle changes for better brain health
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2 January, 2012
1 Eat Dark Chocolate
The task: Add some dark chocolate to your diet.
The reason: When you eat chocolate you activate the systems in your brain that pump dopamine, an important brain chemical. These systems enable learning and memory, and help keep your brain -
2 January, 2012
The concept of a cognitive reserve has been around since 1989, when post-mortem analysis of 137 people with Alzheimer's disease showed that some patients exhibited fewer clinical symptoms than their actual pathology suggested. These patients also showed higher brain weights and greater number
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2 January, 2012
by Kate Devlin
Owning a cat can reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes by more than a third, researchers have found. A University of Minnesota research team has found that having a cat helped to relieve stress and anxiety, which is known to help protect against heart
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2 January, 2012
Children have a lot to contend with these days, not least a tendency for their pushy parents to force-feed them omega-3 oils at every opportunity. These are supposed to make children brainier, so they are being added to everything from bread, milk and pasta to baby formula and vitamin tablets
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12 August, 2010
The possibility that stem cells could repair the human brain has neuroscientist Bronwen Connor excited to go to work each day. This story from East & Bays Courier, 11 August, 2010.
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3 March, 2010
It has long been known that married men are healthier than single men, and now brain researchers are discovering why relationships have such a profound influence on male health.
Generally, married men live longer and have better health. The reasons why aren’t certain, but scientists have
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7 April, 2009
Early Intervention for Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Randomised Controlled Trial
Journal Neurology Neurosurgery Psychiatry. Published Online First: 29 March 2009. doi:10.1136/jnnp.2008.148346
Glynda J Kinsella , Elizabeth Mullaly , Elizabeth Rand , Ben Ong , Carol