A blood test that may eventually be done in a doctor's office can swiftly reveal if a patient with memory issues has Alzheimer's disease or mild cognitive impairment and can also distinguish both conditions from frontotemporal ...
Mar 2, 2020
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Alzheimer's disease (AD) is progressive, but slow to develop—or at least to reveal itself. In a new study, published online February 14, 2020 in the journal Biological Psychiatry, researchers at University of California ...
Feb 14, 2020
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People who spent their childhood or early adulthood in the Stroke Belt are more likely to develop cognitive impairment later in life, even if they have moved away, according to preliminary research to be presented at the ...
Feb 12, 2020
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Men who are taller in young adulthood, as an indicator of early-life circumstances, may have a lower risk of dementia in old age, suggests a study published today in eLife.
Feb 11, 2020
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In order to provide the best medical care for newly diagnosed Parkinson's disease (PD) patients, a method of predicting their cognitive and motor progression, beyond using purely clinical parameters, would have major implications ...
Feb 11, 2020
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If older drivers with cognitive impairment are no longer permitted behind the wheel, then accident rates should fall. That seems like common sense, but it turns out that the logic isn't so simple. Since 2009, when Japan added ...
Feb 3, 2020
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A new study, published in PeerJ, shows how University of Liverpool researchers have used a newly developed eye movement test to improve the understanding of how parts of the brain work.
Jan 16, 2020
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Bilingual speakers may benefit from protection against cognitive decline in multiple sclerosis according to a new study.
Jan 16, 2020
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Two recent studies from the University of Toronto and the Hospital for Sick Children are adding to mounting evidence that Canadians would benefit from more screening for iron deficiency in early childhood.
Jan 7, 2020
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The scientific community has long believed that beta-amyloid, a protein that can clump together and form sticky plaques in the brain, is the first sign of Alzheimer's disease. Beta-amyloid then leads to other brain changes ...
Dec 30, 2019
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