But you’ll need a doctor to interpret results and perform additional tests to check whether you have dementia or Alzheimer’s. As you get older, you might find that you can’t recall ...

Nearly 7 million Americans have been diagnosed with dementia, which slowly erodes memory, thinking skills and the ability to ...

These tests cannot be used on their own to diagnose dementia. But they can help the specialist work ... These tests have slightly different questions, but are all designed to check your mental ...

Medically reviewed by Huma Sheikh, MD The Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) is a test used to detect mild cognitive ...

A new poll has found as many as six in 10 adults put early signs of dementia down to old age - rather than the condition itself - but a simple test could help tell the difference between the two.

Neurologists hope this tongue-in-cheek study will spark serious conversations about AI's limitations and the benefits of a ...

Dementia, a syndrome linked to an ongoing decline in brain function, affects over 944,000 people in the UK, and this figure is on the rise due to increased life expectancy. It's estimated that one ...

Jennifer Keen, head of policy at Alzheimer’s Society, backed the drive to encourage people to check symptoms. She said: “Around one million people are living with dementia in the UK.

The scientist said he was hopeful that blood tests to check amyloid levels and medicines to prevent dementia could be rolled out in tandem, potentially within five years. Prof Hardy, chairman of ...