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

A blood test has greater success than doctors in determining whether someone has memory loss due to Alzheimer’s disease, a ...

Researchers at the University of Florida have developed a quick and inexpensive test using peanut butter to help detect ...

How good is your memory? Memory changes as you age, but it can be nerve-wracking when it feels like your memory is starting to go downhill. Take this test to find out how strong your memory is.

Researchers at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden worked with ALZPath, a company that developed a blood-based Alzheimer's test used in research studies, to determine how well the test measured ...

Upon hearing all this, she reassured me that I could have a test done that would give me an early clue as to whether or not I was at a greater risk for the disease. While Alzheimer’s doesn’t ...

UK experts said the results were promising - and a step towards a reliable blood test for Alzheimer's to speed up dementia research. But larger studies were needed first. Alzheimer's is the most ...

A blood test could spot Alzheimer's disease at the earliest stage and years before symptoms appear, studies in the US and Sweden suggest. The test looks for tiny amounts of a protein which is ...

Changes in the brain linked to a risk of Alzheimer's disease may also make some older ... Before that, she had an extensive career as a newspaper and online journalist, primarily covering legal ...

That blood test can show whether the patient has amyloid pathology—or sticky buildup in the brain that is a hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease. “We are able to rule out the presence of amyloid ...

The US FDA has authorised a new test that can detect amyloid plaques in early-stage Alzheimer's disease without the use of PET scans, which expose patients to radiation. Fujirebio Diagnostics ...

A blood test being developed by Roche and Eli Lilly that could help diagnose patients with Alzheimer’s disease more quickly has been awarded breakthrough status by the FDA, which could help it ...