Dementia is progressive. This means signs and symptoms may be relatively mild at first but they get worse with time. Dementia affects everyone differently, however it can be helpful to think of ...

A team of researchers at the Sant Pau Research Institute (IR Sant Pau) has demonstrated that the plasma biomarker p-tau217, obtained through a simple blood test, can predict the clinical progression ...

"Medical Journeys" is a set of clinical resources reviewed by physicians, meant for the medical team as well as the patients they serve. Each episode of this journey through a disease state contains ...

“It’s a common notion that only people with memory problems can be diagnosed with dementia, but behavioral changes or ...

Researchers from the Indiana University School of Medicine have developed a highly sensitive diagnostic that predicts a person's stage of dementia based on neurovascular and metabolic changes. They ...

Dementia risk depended on CTE severity ...

What if your doctor could, when you turn 65, order a test that predicts whether you are going to develop Alzheimer’s dementia in your 70s or 80s? And what if – in case the test comes back positive – ...

Different communication styles are needed for the progressive phases of dementia. Halfpoint Images/Moment via Getty Images R. Amanda Cooper, University of Connecticut Every three seconds, someone in ...

The earliest signs of dementia are rarely dramatic. They do not arrive as forgotten names or misplaced keys, but as changes ...

Boston University researchers in a groundbreaking study found that those with CTE have a much higher chance of being diagnosed with dementia. The largest study of its kind from the Boston University ...