CANBERRA: Dementia was the leading cause of death in Australia in 2024, becoming the country's top killer disease for the first time on record, according to official data released on Friday (Nov 14).

The medical study at Western Sydney University is the first to pair magnetic pulses to alter brain activity with brain-training in real-life Australian settings such as grocery shopping, planning a ...

With dementia overtaking heart disease in 2025 to become Australia’s leading cause of death, it’s fitting to recognise the ...

Last year, the horror disease, which progressively degrades a person’s memory and cognitive function, took the lives of 17,549 people. The shock death toll marks a 39 per cent rise over the past ...

Dementia Is Australia’s Fourth Leading Causes Of Death, Tips To Prevent Cognitive Impairment According to a report released in September, the Australian Health and Welfare revealed that cases of ...

New Edith Cowan University (ECU) research has found 94 per cent of Australians caring for a loved one with dementia are sleep deprived. This can potentially lead to poor health of the carer and may ...

Deaths from coronary heart disease in Australia have fallen to their lowest rate in almost 50 years, with dementia overtaking it as the nation's leading cause of death. Australian Bureau of Statistics ...

She is being cared for at home in Dapto south of Sydney by her husband Antonio, whom she met when they were teenagers in Spain more than 60 years ago, and her daughter Cecilia Leha. Ms Leha said her ...

Barbara Spriggs and son Clive Spriggs speak to the media after giving evidence at the Royal Commission into Aged Care, Commonwealth Courts in Adelaide, Australia, February 11, 2019. AAP Image/James ...

Dementia is the second leading cause of death in Australia and the number of people living with it is continuing to increase, according to a new report from the Australian Institute of Health and ...