Distinguishing early forms of cognitive impairment from normal aging can be a difficult diagnostic puzzle. Most primary care ...

Dementia can potentially be predicted up to 10 years before signs first appear, thanks to highly accurate blood tests, ...

The findings, published in the journal Neurology, show that brain changes happen decades before the onset of symptoms.

The eyes are a window to the brain – and this outward extension of the central nervous system may reveal early signs of ...

A major new study suggests a previously unknown risk factor for dementia that strikes decades before symptoms manifest.

In D.C., which has one of the nation’s highest dementia rates, health advocates are pushing for earlier detection and ...

Research links speech hesitations like "um" and "uh" to executive function across adulthood. Your speech patterns reveal ...

Measuring cardiac troponin I levels during midlife may enable the early identification of individuals at an increased risk ...

Carole Rainey, whose name has been changed to protect her privacy, started to notice something wasn’t quite right with her husband, Bill, when he began to ramble in a way that was unlike him. He had ...

The problems of accuracy, privacy, and access to follow-up care mean the new diagnostics available online fall short of an ...

There are many reasons why a 79-year-old man might need to get an MRI scan of his brain, some benign, some more concerning.

Studies from Novo Nordisk due early next month will give the strongest indication yet of whether blockbuster GLP-1 drugs - a ...