Understanding Brain Health: Preventing Dementia

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50 million people worldwide currently live with dementia. This is projected to increase to over 150 million by 2050. Learn about the early impact of brain diseases and how you can reduce the risk of these developing into dementia.

On this course, you will explore:

  • the pathological processes which underpin the diseases that lead to dementia
  • how we can predict and detect these brain diseases earlier by managing our own personal risk factors
  • designing interventions to improve brain health.

This course is for healthcare professionals and the general public who would like to learn how to protect their brain health.

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I thoroughly enjoyed the course. It demonstrated that early intervention is important regardless of the fact that there is still no specific cure. There are various things that people can focus on to improve their Brain health.
Summary
  • Type of course
    Short course: Study a subject through videos, articles, discussions or quizzes.
  • Cost and certification
    Free, with option to upgrade for a certificate
  • Duration
    4 weeks
  • Weekly effort
    3 hours
  • Difficulty level
    Introductory: No previous knowledge required
  • Learning platform
    FutureLearn
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