Alzheimers

Can Alzheimer’s be triggered by common viruses like shingles and chickenpox. Professor John Fraser, the Dean of Medical & Health Sciences at Auckland University talks to Jim.  Audio

New research brings the possibility of a simple blood test to detect Alzheimers early a step closer. Currently there's no easy way of catching the disease early. But the University of Otago's just… Audio, Gallery

We've all seen the incredibly positive social impacts of people taking to their balconies, windows, and rooftops to sing to one another during the pandemic. But there are health benefits to singing as… Audio

Otago University researchers are undertaking international research whether a sense of smell can prevent Alzheimer's disease.  Dr Yusuf Ozgur Cakmak from Otago's Department of Anatomy talks to Emile… Audio

Dr Claudia Kawas is searching for the secrets to living a longer and healthier life. Kawas and her team have been running a major study of ageing California residents for more than two decades. She… Audio

Fifty years ago this week, British-born musician Roy Phillips and his band The Peddlers were on top of the New Zealand music charts with their smash hit, 'Girlie.'  Video, Audio

When neuroscientist Lisa Mosconi first started researching Alzheimer's risk and women's brains almost 20 years ago, she discovered two big misconceptions – that Alzheimer's is a disease of old age and… Video, Audio

Science commentator Malvindar Singh-Bains joins Kathryn to talk about how memory performance and other cognitive abilities benefit from a good blood supply to the brain. A recent study suggests that… Audio

Insight - What if your beloved has dementia and doesn't know who you are anymore? Is it all right to start a new relationship with someone else? Teresa Cowie explores the tangle of emotions, family… Audio

BBC Future's Melissa Hogenboom shares the story of how her Dad's love of music helped to slow his onset of dementia and the research behind music's effects on the brain. Audio

Yesterday we talked to neurologist Dr Dale Bredesen who has set up a programme for people with early stage alzheimers which he says is reversing the symptoms of the degenerative brain disease. We had… Audio

Former mayor of Wellington Kerry Prendergast is an ambassador of Alzheimer's NZ. She talks about today's dementia debate and the thorny topic of euthanasia and dementia sufferers. Audio

To mark Brain Day 2017* (and part of international Brain Awareness Week), Kim talks to Professor Russell Snell, a world-renowned geneticist based at the University of Auckland who has long studied… Audio

How do our brains change as we get older? Noelle finds out, with the help of a neuroscientist, a centenarian, and a Poet Laureate. Video, Audio

A vaccine which would prevent and even reverse the early stages of Alzheimer's and dementia should be ready for human testing within the next two to three years. We talk to Maurice Curtis from the… Audio