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

The 5-Cog assessment tool helped improve dementia-related care in primary care patients. 5-Cog tripled the odds that a patient would receive a dementia-related intervention within 90 days. The quick ...

A novel, quick, and low-cost dementia screening test could significantly improve early detection of Alzheimer's disease in primary care settings, according to research presented at the Gerontological ...

An estimated 5.8 million people in the U.S. have Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, but the condition can be tricky to diagnose. Patients usually are put through a series of tests, and it can ...

A simple test could detect Alzheimer's years before symptoms appear, offering hope for earlier intervention and treatment.

A study published in the European Heart Journal could help predict the likelihood of dementia up to 25 years in advance. The research found a link between increased levels of cardiac troponin, a ...

A simple blood test measuring p-tau217 protein linked to Alzheimer's disease can accurately predict dementia risk in women up ...

Researchers say a simple blood test could help flag which older women face a higher risk of dementia long before any symptoms ...

A dementia specialist is recommending that we pay greater attention to neglected household behaviours that can indicate early signs of cognitive decline. This call to action comes as more than 944,000 ...

Despite a lot of advancements in our understanding of dementia over the past few decades, doctors still don’t have a reliable way to tell who will develop the devastating condition. There's been quite ...