Is It Alzheimer’s?

Is It Alzheimer’s?

What’s Normal and What’s Not? Many people over the age of 50 (and maybe even younger) experience mild forgetfulness. Although these are a wake-up call to pay attention to your brain and memory, if the forgetfulness includes: • Forgetting parts of an experience •...
Avoid or Delay Dementia Later in Life.

Avoid or Delay Dementia Later in Life.

I don’t know about you but I had not given a nanosecond’s thought to dementia – in fact, I wasn’t even certain what dementia was, exactly. Something to do with being demented or crazy, maybe ….. So I wasn’t exactly ready for being told that some of the odd...
A Spoonful of Sugar?

A Spoonful of Sugar?

Can sugar make you forgetful?  Slow your brain?   A recent study suggests sugar sabotages learning and memory. Whilst we are familiar with the ‘too much sugar causes obesity’ message, little attention has been paid to its impact on mental health.  This is changing....
I Know I’ve forgotten something!

I Know I’ve forgotten something!

MOMENTS of forgetfulness are among those small blows to self-esteem that can lead people to worry about declining intelligence or impending dementia. Those moments of dreadful realisation that you have forgotten an important appointment, the pungent smell of burning...