NEW YORK, June 20 (Praxis Press) The Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) is a widely used diagnostic tool for dementia, but its use as a predictive indicator of Alzheimer disease (AD) has not been ...

NEW ORLEANS -- The Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) was better than the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) at teasing out subtle differences in cognitive performance among mildly impaired ...

However, the MMSE test has received criticism, with factors such as educational background being shown to affect scores. A new research article from Pablo Moscato and colleagues, from the Hunter ...

It reported that a new five-minute test doubles the chances of detecting early dementia and is able to detect 93% of Alzheimer’s cases. This carefully conducted research assessed the potential of a ...

Multivariate analysis of cognitive tests in Alzheimer's disease identifies five distinct groups of Alzheimer's disease patients, and suggests that multivitamins might slow progression only in certain ...

What is Mini-Mental Score? Cognition forms the base of one’s life. However, the decline in cognition due to various risk factors may adversely affect the qualitative functioning of life, especially in ...