Brain Health Check-In first anniversary data 

ByJDCteam

Alzheimer’s Research have reported that in the first year of their online tool ‘Think Brain Health Check-in’ being live, 300,000 people have completed the check-in.  

Alzheimer’s Research have marked this anniversary by sharing the five biggest lessons they’ve learnt so far from the data they’ve collected, and you can read about those lessons here: https://www.alzheimersresearchuk.org/news/300000-people-took-our-check-in-heres-what-weve-learned/. 

The Think Brain Health Check-In aims to help people understand more about brain healthy habits and act to reduce their risk of dementia. You can find out more about this tool here: https://www.alzheimersresearchuk.org/brain-health/check-in/ 

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