Professor Cassandra Szoeke
Director, Healthy Ageing Program, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne
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Health & Medicine
Transforming the aged care crisis
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the urgent need for policies and programs to support older people’s desire to live and thrive in their own healthy community
Health & Medicine
Why the number of dementia cases has doubled
Dementia cases have doubled over the past 25 years, creating enormous health challenges around the world. So, it’s important that we act on evolving health advice…and that means exercising
Health & Medicine
How good cholesterol can keep women’s brains healthy
A healthy lifestyle keeps not only our bodies healthy, but our brains too; now, new research shows how this impacts on the very structure of a woman’s brain
Arts & Culture
Part 2: 2018 Summer reading
Reading a good book on holiday is one of life’s indulgences, but getting a gem of a recommendation can be a true gift
Health & Medicine
Can sunshine help your brain?
New research suggests adequate vitamin D in midlife may help women maintain at least some of their brain power as they age
Health & Medicine
It’s a fact: Women get better with age
New research finds that post-menopausal women become happier as they get older
Health & Medicine
Podcast
What’s killing women?
Sex disparity and the shifting landscape of age-related disease
Health & Medicine
The unhealthy habits killing Australian women
More than 70 per cent of Australian women don’t eat well and don’t exercise enough, leaving them more vulnerable to some of our biggest killers - heart disease, stroke and dementia
Health & Medicine
Exercising in middle age can save your memory later
Landmark 20-year study shows regular physical activity is the No.1 protector against cognitive decline