19 May 2025
Scientific evidence highlights the significant role of a healthy diet, regular physical activity, and cognitive engagement in reducing dementia risk.
Tag: dementia
7 April 2025
A large study from Wales of over 280,000 people aged 71 to 88 years found that those who received the shingles vaccine had a 20% lower risk of developing dementia over the following seven years. The benefit appeared even more pronounced in women.
29 August 2023
Letter
Reducing Dementia Risk Across The Life Course: Never Too Early, Never Too Late – Sharifah Tahir, Yuenwah San & Dr Amar-Singh HSS
Dementia risk factors are interconnected and modifiable, and these risks start in childhood, persist and accumulate throughout life.
6 June 2023
Unless we are personally living with dementia, we can never fully comprehend the experience. However, we can choose to honour the humanity and personhood of those living with it.
3 May 2023
Family caregivers speak about abuse by carers (both hired and family members), balancing work, and providing care. Costs associated with domestic helpers and elderly homes can easily reach at least RM4,000 per month.
6 March 2023
Prince Court medical director Dr Kuljit Singh, who’s also a consultant ENT surgeon, says studies show that identifying hearing impairment. Maintaining communications through some appliance is also important for people with poor hearing to delay dementia.
3 January 2023
Letter
Empowered Care Partner Initiatives For Networks Of Peers And Persons Living With Dementia — Leela Koran, Laurie Walther, Tay Chia Yi & Sharifah Tahir
With the right support and platform, partnerships in care and support can extend beyond single-family units to networks of care partners and persons living with dementia.
16 December 2022
The Bougainvillea City Dementia Cafe in Ipoh, Perak, holds monthly meetings where people with dementia, their families and friends, health and social care professionals, as well as the local community can come to interact and learn more about dementia.
14 December 2022
There are many signs and symptoms of dementia, and different types of symptoms may present themselves differently at the beginning of the disease.
8 December 2022
As Alzheimer’s cases grow, scientists have been deep in debate over its causes. Now treatments are on the horizon, the new race is to ready the health system.