http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Researchers from McMaster and the University of Waterloo have developed a new website to help those living with dementia navigate the journey. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-website-people-dementia.html Alzheimer's disease & dementia Fri, 09 Nov 2012 06:37:24 EST news271665385 It can be difficult to distinguish between people with normal age-associated memory loss and those with amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI). However people with aMCI are at a greater risk of developing Alzheimer's disease (AD), and identification of these people would mean that they could begin treatment as early as possible. New research published in BioMed Central's open access journal BMC Geriatrics shows that specific questions, included as part of a questionnaire designed to help diagnose AD, are also able to discriminate between normal memory loss and aMCI. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-alzheimer-disease.html Alzheimer's disease & dementia Fri, 03 Feb 2012 04:23:33 EST news247465394