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.

The FDA recently cleared the Lumipulse blood test for early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease in people 55 and over with memory loss. The noninvasive Lumipulse blood test measures the levels of two ...

Dementia is usually linked with old age. Many people imagine it as a condition that appears after retirement, slowly affecting memory and thinking in the later decades of life. But neurologists are ...

The prognosis for Alzheimer’s disease is much better when patients are diagnosed as early as possible. And there’s great news on that front. WTOP talked to two local doctors about an advancement in ...

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 ...

Scientists have created a blood test that can estimate when Alzheimer’s symptoms are likely to begin. By measuring a protein called p-tau217, the model predicts symptom onset within roughly three to ...

A simple EEG scan can reveal hidden memory problems in just three minutes, giving doctors a powerful new tool to detect dementia earlier and more accurately. Study: A passive and objective measure of ...

An exploratory clinical trial from the University of Pittsburgh has found that low-dose oral lithium may help slow the decline of verbal memory in older adults with mild cognitive impairment.

Scientists say the discovery could identify women at higher risk of dementia decades before symptoms develop ...

As people age, frailty starts to creep in. Falls are more damaging and take longer to heal, muscles weaken, walking slows. And on top of physical frailty, people can also become “socially frail” as ...