1 November 2026
A little sugar is not the worry. In large studies of older adults, dementia risk rose with how much added sugar people ate each day, to about twice as high for the heaviest eaters. Sugar substitutes such as …
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10 October 2026 in Cognitive Health, Early Detection, Health
Yes, in one specific circumstance that very few families know about. Medicare's GUIDE programme pays up to $2,625 a year towards respite for a person living with dementia, so that the unpaid family member caring for them can …
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6 October 2026 in Cognitive Health, Health, Brain Health, Education
No. Semaglutide (sold as Ozempic and Wegovy) and tirzepatide (Mounjaro and Zepbound) act on the brain by design, which is how they curb appetite, but acting on the brain and protecting it from dementia are different claims, and …
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15 September 2026 in Cognitive Health, Health, Brain Health, Education
Almost all advice about dementia risk, including some of ours, is addressed to you as an individual. A paper in The Lancet Public Health argues that this framing leaves out the conditions people live in: education, housing, healthcare, …
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11 August 2026 in Memory Testing & Tools, Early Detection, Cognitive Assessment, Education
A blood test can now flag Alzheimer's-related changes years before any symptoms appear, and it still will not tell you how your memory is working. The two answer different questions. A blood test reports what is accumulating in …
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20 July 2026 in Cognitive Health, Health, Brain Health, Education
Yes, in part. The 2024 report of the Lancet standing Commission on dementia attributed 45% of dementia worldwide to fourteen risk factors that could in principle be changed, and called its own finding a hopeful picture. It is …
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9 June 2026 in Health, Wellness, Brain Health, Education
Three, not nine, because a list of nine is a list nobody finishes. Move in a way you will repeat, deal with your blood pressure and your hearing, and stay in other people's company. Two of those need …
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12 May 2026 in Cognitive Health, Memory Health, Early Detection, Education
Mostly it is normal, and the useful test is not how often you forget but what happens next. A name that arrives twenty minutes later was never lost; retrieving it simply took longer than the conversation allowed. Information …
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14 April 2026 in Neurology, Cognitive Assessment, Education
One session at home on your own device, a background questionnaire and a series of short spoken tasks. Payment is up to $20. You will not be given a diagnosis, a clinical interpretation or medical advice from your …
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3 March 2026 in Cognitive Health, Health, Brain Health, Education
Treating hearing loss may help protect memory and thinking, particularly in older adults already at higher risk. It has not been shown to prevent dementia, and the largest trial to test it found no overall effect at all: …
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