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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A portion of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment, a 10-minute test designed to detect mild cognitive impairment such as the onset of ...

Linus Health is a digital health company enabling early detection of Alzheimer’s and other dementias, a disease that 6.7 million people are now estimated to have. It uses artificial intelligence and ...

Political opponents, armchair pundits and even nervous supporters are demanding that President Joe Biden undergo such testing after his dismal debate performance – even though his physician says he ...

Routine early measurement of the neurofilament light chain could help improve prediction of cognitive impairment after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, according to a study presented today at ESC Acute ...

The analysis found that physician performance varied widely across U.S. states, with Alaska the poorest-performing state, where 80% of doctors failed to screen dementia patients annually. Other poor ...

Measuring neurofilament light chain levels 48 hours after cardiac arrest can predict long-term cognitive impairment, outperforming current standard blood tests. This biomarker offers a new way for ...