Sydney

...Australia known as "The Lanky Yank," died Thursday. He was 75. Lane's manager Jayne Ambrose said the entertainer died from a dementia-related illness in a hospice in Sydney. Lane was one of the best-known figures on Australian television...

In this article: Don Lane, North Carolina, Tonight Show, New York City, Defendant, World War II, and Dementia

...Kamahl. But the sad truth of his passing yesterday, aged 75, is that Lane's final months were spent in private anguish in Montefiore Nursing Home in Sydney's Randwick, consumed by the insidious disease that is Alzheimer's. His death,...

In this article: Don Lane, Bert Newton, Peter Faiman, Australia, David Gyngell, New York, and Kamahl

...today says. Suburbs in the north-west and south-west will bear the brunt of dementia growth in Sydney, with prevalence rates tipped to climb by more than 800 per cent in Camden and 580 per cent in Macquarie Fields by 2050. The Access...

In this article: Dementia, Alzheimer's, Mercury, Port Macquarie, Aggravation, Scorpio, and Cancer

...strokes are not truly silent, because they have been linked to memory and thinking problems and are a possible cause of a type of dementia," said study author Perminder Sachdev, MD, PhD, of the University of New South Wales in Sydney,...

In this article: Stroke, Hypertension, Neurology, Brain damage, Medical advice, The American Academy, Dementia, American Academy of Neurology, Alzheimer's disease, and Parkinson's disease

...of others. While Ms Hawke, who was married to former prime minister Bob Hawke, now lives in a high-level care centre in Sydney and is no longer aware of that dream, her family is still fighting to realise it, News Ltd reports. Ms Hawke's...

In this article: Dementia, Hazel Hawke, Alzheimer's, Bob Hawke, and Australia

Moderate drinking late in life can ward off dementia: Study A new study out of Sydney suggests moderate drinking in one's later years can curb the chances of getting dementia. Photograph by: Matt Cardy, Getty Images SYDNEY a Elderly...

In this article: Dementia, Inflammation, Alzheimers, and Australian National University

...did the Caring for Aged Dementia Care Resident Study (CADRES). In this study, 15 residential care sites in Sydney involving 289 residents with dementia aged 60 years or older were randomly assigned to person-centred care, dementia-care mapping,...

In this article: Dementia, Medical advice, Cadre, King's College London, Depression, Alzheimer's disease, Hallucination, and University of Technology Sydney