Three tips about your brain.... 

Without our brains, we are nothing. It is critically important for us to support and promote better brain health. That is why you should join us with our ambitious World Brain Day Campaign to promote a better world with better brain health. Join us. Visit https://wfneurology.org/world-brain-day-2021 and download the WBD toolbox. 

World Brain Day is July 22nd! This year’s focus is on (wait for it…)

·  The fastest growing neurological condition in the world…

·  1 in 15 of all people will eventually be diagnosed…

·  It has more than 40 possible symptoms

·  It doesn’t discriminate – you could be any age, gender, ethnicity, religion, living anywhere in the world.

·  There is no cure.

Answer? It’s Parkinson’s disease!

LINKS:

https://wfneurology.org/world-brain-day-2020 (Global initiative)

https://wfneurology.org/world-brain-day-background - background on world brain day

For interviews contact Prof. Tissa Wijeratne, World Brain Day chair, at [email protected].

https://wfneurology.org/world-brain-day-2020

High Blood pressure is a silent killer. Well controlled blood pressure is one of the best way to prevent failing brain- dementia in most patients. This is a short podcast to intriduce the concept of blood pressure- the SBB ( top number ) and DBP (bottom number). Know your number and maintain well controlled normal blood pressure .

Number of patients with Parkinson's Disease in the world doubled from 1990 to 2016.  We must act now. Let us support the World Brain Day 2020 campaign to end parkison's disease. Please visit  https://wfneurology.org/world-brain-day-2020 and download the toolkit. Spread the message. 

In 2013, Prof Wasay ( Chair, Public awareness and advocacy, World Federation of Neurology 2013-2018) and my self were having a cup of coffee in the middle of a break during the World Congress Neurology Vienna.  " Brain disorders are the leading cause of disability globally with truble accessing quality neurology by our patients.  We must adavocate for change. How come there is no World Brain Day to promote advocacy for awareness, education, research and service building globally.  Through the commitee, then the WFN leadership, this became a reallity. 

This is a very brief introduction to the history as far as I can remember- please note that I am getting old too. I will come back with exciting news on 2020 World Brain Day soon. This is your day. Join us to promote better brain health. Brain matters.

Few simple yet amazing facts about human brain and the bitter truth of brain health at a cross roads and the importance of world brain day 

Did you know?

The human brain ( our brains make us so unique as human beings. Brain is everything!).  The human brain consists of roughly about 100 billion elctrical wires packed together inside our skull, these are known as neurones-axons (nerves) .  If some one to line these wires along a straightline, he or she will would need to travel around our earth four times at least!  These nerves talk to each others through ten trillion connections. These connections are chemical connections.  This is the most sophisticated computer in the world. 

Our brains are at a crossroads now- why?

Findout in this podcast.