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Curatorship: A cause of or cure for conflict?
Thought Leader
/ 24 April 2025

Curatorship: A cause of or cure for conflict?

The court can step in and help protect the interests of vulnerable people like older people with conditions such as dementia.

By Wilmien van Biljon & Kaamilah Paulse
On our mind: Could getting hit on the head during sport cause brain disease later?
Health
/ 5 July 2023

On our mind: Could getting hit on the head during sport cause brain disease later?

In a new recommendation, experts are calling for more time during games for players to be checked thoroughly, which could mean the rules of play may have to change

By Zano Kunene
Study finds footballers 3.5 times more likely to die from brain trauma
Article
/ 22 October 2019

Study finds footballers 3.5 times more likely to die from brain trauma

Although footballers had higher risk of death from neurodegenerative disease, they were less likely to die of other common diseases

By Agency
Global warming may dwindle the supply of a key brain nutrient
Article
/ 29 September 2019

Global warming may dwindle the supply of a key brain nutrient

Diminishing levels of an omega-3 fatty acid may have health consequences, including a higher risk for depression, ADHD and early dementia

By Bret Stetka
Take a header at dementia
Article
/ 12 October 2018

Take a header at dementia

It seems logical that football is linked to the illness but a researcher says it’s not that clear-cut

By Pirate Irwin
Speak more than one language? This is what it does to your brain.
Article
/ 29 May 2018

Speak more than one language? This is what it does to your brain.

Speaking more than one language could lead to better tests scores and even being a more empathetic person.

By Staff Reporter
Mzansi story of love, loss and forgetting
Article
/ 11 December 2014

Mzansi story of love, loss and forgetting

A family’s history revealed by daughter Bridget Radebe and mother Betty Maluleka, who suffers from dementia, as told to and interpreted by Ekow Duker.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 11 December 2013

G8 ministers meet to beat ‘dementia time-bomb’

Health ministers from the G8 nations are meeting in London to tackle what experts warn is a ‘dementia time-bomb’ as the world’s population ages.

By Sapa Afp
Dealing with dementia
Article
/ 25 November 2011

Dealing with dementia

The gradual departure of the person you knew presents huge emotional and physical challenges.

By Homa Khaleeli
Alzheimer’s: High price for a longer life
Article
/ 19 August 2011

Alzheimer’s: High price for a longer life

Alzheimer’s disease is not a natural part of growing old.

By Sponsored Feature
Dementia: SA’s hidden disease
Article
/ 8 October 2010

Dementia: SA’s hidden disease

Lack of awareness and fear leads to the symptoms often being put down to old age or witchcraft.

By Lisa Steyn

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