Dementia can potentially be predicted up to 10 years before signs first appear, thanks to highly accurate blood tests, ...

A newly approved blood test can help rule out some cases based on the amount of amyloid in the brain. A neurology professor ...

Carole Rainey, whose name has been changed to protect her privacy, started to notice something wasn’t quite right with her husband, Bill, when he began to ramble in a way that was unlike him. He had ...

Misplaced your keys again? Blanked on the name of your neighbor’s dog? Don’t panic: Occasional forgetfulness is a normal part of aging. But if you have a sneaking suspicion that your memory lapses ...

A bill introduced in Congress aims to give older adults timely access to diagnostic tests that can detect dementia in its earliest stages.

Jijing Wang, Ph.D., and Hyun-Sik Yang, MD, of the Department of Neurology at Mass General Brigham, are the lead and senior ...

The problems of accuracy, privacy, and access to follow-up care mean the new diagnostics available online fall short of an ...

Rob Hofmann had his first on-the-job encounter with dementia when he and a colleague took two of their institution’s longtime donors out to dinner. Mr. Hofmann, a senior fundraiser at the University ...

Simple blood tests can predict the possibility of future cognitive decline among people with no current symptoms, new ...

The eyes are a window to the brain – and this outward extension of the central nervous system may reveal early signs of ...

A Utah geriatrician explains how to recognize early signs of Alzheimer’s and the steps that can help protect long-term brain ...

It’s estimated that around 944,000 people in the UK are living with dementia, a number expected to rise to one million by 2030 and 1.4 million by 2040. The syndrome, which is currently the leading ...