The National Ageing Research Institute (NARI) has secured A$2.9 million ($1.8 million) in federal funding for a five-year project aimed at supporting culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) people with dementia. This initiative will trial the World Health Organization’s iSupport program, an online training tool for informal dementia caregivers. The program, available in six languages including English, will be governed by an advisory group comprising carers, policymakers, and service providers. In New South Wales, researchers at the University of New South Wales developed an AI-enabled breath test for early silicosis detection. This rapid test, which takes less than five minutes, uses mass spectrometry and AI to differentiate between affected and unaffected individuals with high accuracy. The team is now expanding their study to larger cohorts. Meanwhile, New Zealand’s Wellumio and the Netherlands’ Nicolab are collaborating to integrate AI stroke diagnosis into portable MRI devices. Queensland’s TeleMedC is set to expand its AI-powered eye screening for diseases like diabetic retinopathy and glaucoma into India, supported by the Australia-India Strategic Research Fund.
Samuel Hume
@DrSamuelBHume
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Mar 15 It’s true that the total number of people with dementia is increasing, but the risk of dementia at each age has dropped significantlyFor example, the percentage of 80 year olds with dementia (in the US) was about 18% in 1984, about 10% in 2004, and about 5% in 2024:
Bryan Johnson
@bryan_johnson
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Mar 26 Statins reduce dementia risk by up to 63%Published earlier this year, the largest meta-analysis to date involved over 7 million participants in 55 studies and concluded that statin use reduced the risk of Alzheimer Disease and Dementia.0/ Being exposed to statins for over 3
Ian Kremer
@LEAD_Coalition
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Apr 15 Up to 85% of people living with #dementia may not receive post-diagnosis care https://alzint.org/news-events/news/up-to-85-of-people-living-with-dementia-may-not-receive-post-diagnosis-care-world-alzheimer-report-reveals/… via
@AlzDisInt
#Alzheimers
Outbreak Updates
@outbreakupdates
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Mar 13 The Dementia Tsunami is comingThe U.S. is on track for an explosive rise in dementia cases as the boomer generation ages into high-risk yearsBy 2050:The 80+ population will double
The 85+ population will grow 2.5x
The 95+ population will tripleIf prevalence rates hold,
World of Statistics
@stats_feed
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Mar 22 Alzheimer and dementia death rate (per 100,000 people):1. Finland: 54.65
2. UK: 42.70
3. Slovakia: 38.15
4. Albania: 36.92
5. Iceland: 35.59
6. Brunei: 33.87
7. Netherlands: 33.78
8. USA: 33.26
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Yale University
@Yale
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Apr 15 Widespread absence: A Yale-led study found that, worldwide, one in five people with dementia have no help with daily living, regardless of the wealth or development status of their country.“Without action, the burden on families and the consequences for older adults will only
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