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The Brain Cliff

By Dr Norman Swan
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The Brain Cliff will change how you think about brain ageing and give you new ways to keep away from the edge. What many of us fear, especially as we hit our forties and fifties, is not being as quick of mind. Not remembering as well... Read More
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The Brain Cliff will change how you think about brain ageing and give you new ways to keep away from the edge.

What many of us fear, especially as we hit our forties and fifties, is not being as quick of mind. Not remembering as well as we used to. By our 60s and 70s, we worry there's nothing we can do and that we are falling helplessly into an abyss which leads to dementia.

Dr Norman Swan, one of Australia's most trusted doctors, shows us that we've been thinking about brain ageing the wrong way. It doesn't need to be about decline and deficit. It's about how to help our brains adapt, become resilient, and maintain cognitive function—and it's much more than what we eat, how we exercise, or our genes.

Dr Swan has interviewed people from around the world in their 90s and 100s who still have remarkable cognitive function. These cognitive super-agers have very different life stories, but it turns out that underneath they're pretty much the same, with lessons that will help us all in our 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, and beyond.

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ISBN: 9780733650758

Publisher: Hachette Australia

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 25 August 2026

Country: Australia

Imprint: Hachette Australia

Audience: General / adult

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Weight: 300g

Pages: 368

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About the Author

Dr Norman Swan is a multi-award-winning producer, broadcaster, investigative journalist and bestselling author. His career has been highlighted by his desire to keep the Australian public informed of health developments as they happen, combining medical expertise with journalism. One of the first medically qualified journalists in Australia, Dr Swan was born in Scotland, graduated in medicine from the University of Aberdeen and later obtained his postgraduate qualifications in Paediatrics.

Since joining the ABC in 1982, he has won numerous awards for his work as presenter of The Health Report on ABC Radio National. He currently hosts Radio National's The Health Report and co-hosts What's That Rash?, and during the pandemic, he co-hosted Coronacast. He also reports on 7.30 and is a guest reporter on Four Corners, appears on The Drum and is an occasional host of Radio National Breakfast. He is the bestselling author of So You Think You Know What's Good for You?, So You Want to Live Younger Longer? and So You Want to Know What's Good for Your Kids?.

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