CANBERRA: Dementia was the leading cause of death in Australia in 2024, becoming the country's top killer disease for the first time on record, according to official data released on Friday (Nov 14).

Dementia Australia is reminding Australians that dementia support and information is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week throughout the ...

The medical study at Western Sydney University is the first to pair magnetic pulses to alter brain activity with brain-training in real-life Australian settings such as grocery shopping, planning a ...

Dementia Is Australia’s Fourth Leading Causes Of Death, Tips To Prevent Cognitive Impairment According to a report released in September, the Australian Health and Welfare revealed that cases of ...

Researchers at the University of Notre Dame in Western Australia want to transform the way we treat dementia and other cognitive impairments associated with old age. And they hope their upcoming study ...

The small Victorian town of Ouyen, 440 kilometres north-west of Melbourne, is known for its grain and sheep farms, but also ...

Dementia Australia welcomes the decision by the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency to approve Lecanemab for use in the UK. Lecanemab is currently being evaluated by the Therapeutic ...

She is being cared for at home in Dapto south of Sydney by her husband Antonio, whom she met when they were teenagers in Spain more than 60 years ago, and her daughter Cecilia Leha. Ms Leha said her ...

Barbara Spriggs and son Clive Spriggs speak to the media after giving evidence at the Royal Commission into Aged Care, Commonwealth Courts in Adelaide, Australia, February 11, 2019. AAP Image/James ...

Dementia is the second leading cause of death in Australia and the number of people living with it is continuing to increase, according to a new report from the Australian Institute of Health and ...