The concern is that early attention problems can be missed if screening relies on tools weighted toward memory. For example, ...

A blood test could help identify people at higher risk of cognitive decline years before a traditional diagnosis is ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Testing revealed significant cognitive differences between patients with Alzheimer’s or dementia and healthy ...

A new study found that it is possible to identify early signs of dementia many years before symptoms appear using a simple ...

Early detection is imperative to catch neurodegenerative diseases like dementia in their early stages and slow disease progression. But regular cognitive testing is not yet commonplace in healthcare ...

Dementia is expected to proliferate along with the super elderly. So health practitioners are focused on screening for it.

Memory problems have long been considered the primary hallmark of dementia, but a team of researchers is now challenging this view. They argue that changes in sensory perception – from vision to ...

Researchers say a simple blood test could help flag which older women face a higher risk of dementia long before any symptoms appear. In a new study, published in JAMA Network Open, women with higher ...

Could a simple blood test predict your risk of getting dementia years, or even decades, before you experience memory loss?

Will your heart outlast your mind? Chances are that it will. Dementia isn’t a normal part of aging, but it’s going to happen ...

A blood test could help to identify people at higher risk of cognitive decline — often a precursor to dementia — years before ...

A UC Davis pilot study is exploring whether virtual reality eye exams can detect early signs of cognitive decline before ...