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PUBLIC TALK: Early intervention for cognitive decline and dementia: Targeting modifiable risk factors

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Today's date is Friday, March 29, 2024
Early intervention for cognitive decline and dementia: Targeting modifiable risk factors : Psychology Colloquium Other events...
With the increasing ageing population, the number of people living with dementia will quadruple by 2050. Since there are no effective cures for dementia, there is increasing emphasis on targeting modifiable risk factors, which account for 30-50% of the total risk. In this talk, Prof Naismith will present current research and evidence linking modifiable risk factors to dementia, particularly depression, low cognitive activity, physical inactivity and sleep disturbance. This will be followed by an overview and evaluation of the available lifestyle, medical and psychological interventions that hold promise for tackling dementia risk, and the challenges we are yet to overcome.
Speaker(s) Prof Sharon Naismith (The University of Sydney)
Location Bayliss lecture theatre, G33
Contact Ullrich Ecker <[email protected]> : 6488-3257
Start Tue, 15 May 2018 16:00
End Tue, 15 May 2018 17:00
Submitted by Ullrich Ecker <[email protected]>
Last Updated Mon, 05 Mar 2018 15:28
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