Cognitive decline is a critical but often overlooked complication of high blood pressure. While elevated blood pressure is widely recognized as a leading risk factor for cardiovascular disease and ...
Do you worry that your memory isn’t what it used to be? A simple five minute task that tests how well you can draw an ...
ATLANTA — Emory Healthcare is working to implement a test used to detect Alzheimer’s disease and other types of dementia. The clock-drawing test, which is typically part of a larger Mini-Cog test, is ...
Perhaps no neurologic disorder is feared more than Alzheimer dementia. At least a few times a week, a concerned elderly man or woman comes to my office wondering whether their forgetfulness or loss of ...
A digital version of the classic clock-drawing test can accurately identify early Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathology in asymptomatic patients in less than 5 minutes, new research shows. Investigators ...
In the past couple of weeks, United States President Donald Trump has boasted about his medical examinations on at least two occasions. And, on both, he has claimed that his test results are ...
A new dementia-prediction tool could diagnose conditions earlier, and with greater accuracy by using digital pen technology. Read more: Alzheimer's disease and dementia: what's the difference? The ...