Sydney Memory News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

The following was produced in cooperation with Todd Kaufman.Let's say you go to the gym regularly, consume a [...]

I thought that neuropsychiatric meant disorders like delirium from infection. Wrong. It includes everything psychiatric except things that are truly mec...

I thought that neuropsychiatric meant disorders like delirium from infection. Wrong. It includes everything psychiatric except things that are truly mec...

email article Enlarged fluid-filled spaces around cerebral small blood vessels were linked to cognitive decline, a prospective study of older adults showed. Severe perivascular space pathology in both the basal ganglia and the centrum semiovale, or in the centrum semiovale alone, was tied to a greater drop in global cognition over 4 years, reported Matthew Paradise, MBChB, MSc, of the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, and co-authors. Large perivascular space dilation in both brain regions was an independent predictor of dementia across 8 years of follow-up (adjusted OR...

'It's like they lose who they are': Australian elders, aged care and respect By Christa Nicola Normal text size Advertisement Every time Thelma Quartey looks at the Sydney Opera House, she remembers what her elder Aunty Joyce told her of the early days of Sydney. “That spot right there, that used to be the best fishing spot,” she says. Ms Quartey, a Torres Strait Islander, learnt about her culture at a young age, hearing the stories of elders that she too would one day pass on. Now in her 60s, Ms Quartey loves being at home with her nine grandchildren. She believes older generations do be...