The outcome of the study revealed other interesting associations, too.

A simple blood test identified women at higher risk for dementia up to 25 years before symptoms appeared. Higher levels of ...

Dementia can be predicted in women up to 25 years before symptoms begin through a simple blood test, according to new research. A protein measured in blood samples is "strongly linked" to the future ...

Dementia is one of the biggest health challenges facing aging populations around the world. Millions of people develop memory loss and thinking problems as they grow older, and Alzheimer’s disease is ...

Rising diagnoses of young onset dementia highlight the need for early recognition and timely evaluation of a condition that disrupts patients’ careers, families, and financial stability.

When doctors suspect Alzheimer's, they can order a blood test to learn whether a patient's brain contains the sticky amyloid plaques that are a hallmark of the disease. But the results of that test ...

Do you worry that your memory isn’t what it used to be? A simple five minute task that tests how well you can draw an analogue clock could show if you have an early sign of the memory-robbing ...

A long-term study of older adults with moderate hearing loss found that hearing aids did not lead to better performance on memory or thinking tests, but the story did not end there. Over seven years, ...

As a primary care physician, I often have older patients come to me worried about dementia. They tell me they've been forgetting names or where they put their keys, and they're concerned that such ...

Researchers from the University of California San Diego have found that a novel blood-based biomarker can predict a woman's risk of developing dementia as many as 25 years before symptoms appear.