Two thirds of women report concerns over memory loss, concentration or other cognitive symptoms during menopause. What do we understand about what's going on, and how can it be managed?

A new plan for improving asthma outcomes in Australia and ending that reliance on the blue puffer.

Understanding how the genes we're born with could shape our risk of some cancers in childhood - with implications for adults too.

And the links between home cooking and dementia - with studies suggesting slicing and dicing at home (instead of eating out more often) could have a protective effect for your cognition.

References
RSV Vaccine - Department of Health
Home cooking, cooking skills and dementia requiring long-term care: a population-based cohort study in Japan
Typology of out-of-home eaters: a description of sociodemographic, lifestyle, nutritional and environmental characteristics in the NutriNet-Santé cohort
Gender and age differences in weekend eating habits: associations with fat mass percentage in a cross-sectional study
Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists and risk of substance use disorders among US veterans with type 2 diabetes: cohort study
Heart-nosed bat alphacoronaviruses use human CEACAM6 to enter cells
Advances in understanding of cognitive symptoms during menopause
A Bold Blueprint for Asthma Reform in Australia
Integrated germline and somatic molecular profiling to detect cancer predisposition has a high clinical impact in poor-prognosis paediatric cancer

Health Report

ABC Australia

What do we know about brain fog in menopause?

APR 24, 2026-1 MIN
Health Report

What do we know about brain fog in menopause?

APR 24, 2026-1 MIN

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<p>Two thirds of women report concerns over memory loss, concentration or other cognitive symptoms during menopause. What do we understand about what's going on, and how can it be managed?</p><p>A new plan for improving asthma outcomes in Australia and ending that reliance on the blue puffer.</p><p>Understanding how the genes we're born with could shape our risk of some cancers in childhood - with implications for adults too.</p><p>And the links between home cooking and dementia - with studies suggesting slicing and dicing at home (instead of eating out more often) could have a protective effect for your cognition.</p><p>References</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.health.gov.au/topics/immunisation/vaccines/respiratory-syncytial-virus-rsv-vaccine?language=en">RSV Vaccine - Department of Health</a></li><li><a href="https://jech.bmj.com/content/early/2026/03/18/jech-2025-225139">Home cooking, cooking skills and dementia requiring long-term care: a population-based cohort study in Japan</a></li><li><a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12966-025-01752-5">Typology of out-of-home eaters: a description of sociodemographic, lifestyle, nutritional and environmental characteristics in the NutriNet-Santé cohort</a></li><li><a href="https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/nutrition/articles/10.3389/fnut.2025.1578574/full">Gender and age differences in weekend eating habits: associations with fat mass percentage in a cross-sectional study</a></li><li><a href="https://www.bmj.com/content/392/bmj-2025-086886">Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists and risk of substance use disorders among US veterans with type 2 diabetes: cohort study</a></li><li><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10394-x">Heart-nosed bat alphacoronaviruses use human CEACAM6 to enter cells</a></li><li><a href="https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanogw/article/PIIS3050-5038(26)00043-9/fulltext">Advances in understanding of cognitive symptoms during menopause</a></li><li><a href="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/65e115e3197d391776899113/t/69ca1150f0e90f2dee16fde3/1774850384600/FOA+Bold+Blueprint+for+Asthma+Reform.pdf">A Bold Blueprint for Asthma Reform in Australia</a></li><li><a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41686853/">Integrated germline and somatic molecular profiling to detect cancer predisposition has a high clinical impact in poor-prognosis paediatric cancer</a></li></ul>