Synergy and serendipity often play a big part in medical and scientific advances.

Prevention is the key.

We have, after all, an ageing population, and dementia is generally a condition of ageing, in that the risk increases with age.

Today it has been estimated that the average 70 year old has four chronic conditions and consumes an average of 35 PBS scripts per year for those conditions.

Our cultural diversity has most certainly shaped our national character.

Ageing means a loss of a number of skills over time.