Your Brain Matters

Day 30: Dementia Awareness Month 2014 I thought I’d end this very special Dementia Awareness Month by highlighting the Alzheimer’s Australia ‘Your Brain Matters” website and messages. This information and links are from the Alzheimer’s Australia website, and everyone should consider the messages. Our health is important, and in the same way as heart heath…

Dementia and aluminium

There have been a number of emails flying around for some time regarding the risk of aluminium and dementia. Here is the latest on the topic. In terms of aluminium and dementia risk, very high levels of aluminium in the brain are toxic and can cause cognitive impairment, but the evidence is now fairly conclusively…