For non-neurologists, a convenient algorithm for neurological examination tests diagnostic hypotheses for the common neurodegenerative dementias; namely Alzheimer's disease, dementia with Lewy ...

A WORD on the tip of the tongue or a forgotten birthday – everyone has occasional memory blanks. While forgetting things ...

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

Discover how a groundbreaking cognitive assessment tool is transforming early dementia detection with 99.9% accuracy and what ...

The researchers suggest that their estimates are higher because they took extra measures to avoid underestimating the number ...

Is it dementia? A popular neurologist uses five simple tests of cognitive function to help gauge the health of a patient’s ...

“There are things that we can do at all stages of our lives deliberately,” says Prof Schott. “It’s never too early to start ...

Dr Bing also suggested other tests that can be used to detect dementia at home, such as a smell test, because early dementia often affects the smell centre of your brain. Therefore, problems ...

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