Dementia
latest news & developmentsCuratorship: 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.
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
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
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
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
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.
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.
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.
Dealing with dementia
The gradual departure of the person you knew presents huge emotional and physical challenges.
Alzheimer’s: High price for a longer life
Alzheimer’s disease is not a natural part of growing old.
Dementia: SA’s hidden disease
Lack of awareness and fear leads to the symptoms often being put down to old age or witchcraft.