Dementia on ABC Big Ideas

Dementia was the topic on a recent episode of Big Ideas on ABC radio.  It is estimated that 332,000 Australians suffer from dementia, and this is likely to triple over the next forty ears unless a cure is found. The costs to our health system are enormous and much research is going into Alzheimer's Disease, but can we prevent or cure this disease?

Guests on this program include Professor Kaarin Anstey, Director of the Centre for Research on Ageing at ANU, Dr Zoe Terpening from the Brain and Mind Research Institute at the University of Sydney, Professor Henry Brodaty, Director of the Centre for Health Brain Ageing, UNSW and Ita Buttrose, Alzheimer's Australia ambassador.

You can listen or download the program here