Lake Macquarie Geriatrics

19/10/2024

Forgetfulness and difficulty concentrating could be signs of mild cognitive impairment (MCI). While it doesn’t always progress to dementia, it’s important to talk with a health care provider if you notice changes in your memory.

Learn more about MCI and its symptoms: https://ow.ly/UNJx50TAf09

27/04/2024

Manning Base Hospital administration will apologise to junior doctors after removing a mattress from their break room.

07/11/2021

Although people with a family history of Alzheimer's disease are generally considered to be at a higher lifetime risk of developing the disease themselves, many people who have relatives with Alzheimer's disease never develop the disease, and many without a family history of the disease do get it.

20/09/2021

01/09/2021

“The evidence that 9/11 was responsible may not be definitive, but it is difficult to ignore. The air at Ground Zero contained chemicals and microscopic particles that are toxic to brain cells and have been linked to higher risk of Alzheimer’s and other dementias”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/magazine/2021/08/30/911-first-responders-dementia/ #

Many who worked at Ground Zero are experiencing alarming cognitive decline. Is 9/11 to blame?

28/08/2021

Research has shown that it’s important to get all four types of exercise: endurance, strength, balance, and flexibility. Find activities for each type of exercise that meets your fitness level and needs: https://go.usa.gov/xFur9

03/06/2021

Ten deaths out of 10 million people vaccinated is a one-in-a-million chance. That's roughly the same risk as being murdered in the next month or - if you get in a car and drive for 250 miles - the risk of you dying in a road accident on that journey.
https://www.bbc.com/news/explainers-56665396

15/05/2021

A phase 2 trial of donanemab, an antibody that targets amyloid deposited in the brain, showed a better composite score for cognition and for the ability to perform activities of daily living than placebo at 76 weeks in patients with early Alzheimer’s disease. Results for secondary outcomes were generally similar in the two trial groups.

Visual Abstract from the New England Journal of Medicine — Donanemab in Early Alzheimer’s Disease

25/04/2021

We would like to support the HAA in making the Hunter, Newcastle and Lake Macquarie an age-friendly community.

Making our region an age-friendly community

09/04/2021

A type of dementia called FTD tends to strike before age 60 and stems from damage to the brain’s frontal lobe and temporal lobe. Learn more about FTD and brain changes from NIH.

31/03/2021

Mediterranean diet and risk for dementia and cognitive decline in a Mediterranean population. https://agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jgs.17072