Doctors Gave AI Chatbots a Cognitive Test. Their Diagnosis? Early Dementia.
Neurologists hope this tongue-in-cheek study will spark serious conversations about AI's limitations and the benefits of a ...
Testing for dementia by asking patients to draw a clock, walk and talk, stand on one leg
Is it dementia? A popular neurologist uses five simple tests of cognitive function to help gauge the health of a patient’s brain.
New dementia tool predicts when symptoms will start: ‘Would you want to know?’
Nearly 7 million Americans have been diagnosed with dementia, which slowly erodes memory, thinking skills and the ability to ...
Study advances possible blood test for early-stage Alzheimer's disease, explains why women may be at higher risk
Declining blood levels of two molecules that occur naturally in the body track closely with worsening Alzheimer's disease, ...
The test that detects if memory blips are early dementia or just old age, as 60% of adults shrug signs off as ageing
A WORD on the tip of the tongue or a forgotten birthday – everyone has occasional memory blanks. While forgetting things ...
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Blood test could help track Alzheimer's disease progression and severity
Declining blood levels of two molecules that occur naturally in the body track closely with worsening Alzheimer's disease, ...
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Alzheimer’s experts revise guidelines for amyloid, tau PET utilization
Revised guidelines for amyloid and tau positron emission tomography for Alzheimer’s disease and dementia state these tests ...
5 major Alzheimer’s discoveries scientists made in 2024
As the year comes to a close, experts from the Alzheimer's Association reflect on some of the hopeful advances in diagnosis, ...
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Researchers Are Sharing What They Believe To Be The Strongest Predictors Of Dementia For People In Their 60s
“Our research confirmed that factors like low cognitive test scores and poor general health in one’s 60s are strong ...
Florey Dementia Index: This online tool predicts age of onset for early Alzheimer’s disease
A simple digital health tool developed by Australian researchers could soon help predict the age of onset for early Alzheimer’s disease in older adults.
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New Biomarker Links Brain Waste Clearance to Vascular Dementia
Summary: A new study has identified a biomarker, DTI-ALPS, which connects glymphatic system dysfunction to vascular dementia.