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The Fastball EEG test measures how the brain responds to images flashed on a screen. Dmytro Zinkevych/ Shutterstock A new test could help to diagnose memory issues associated with Alzheimer’s disease ...

For people with a certain sleep disorder, a simple blood test could help predict the development of dementia years before symptoms appear, a new study indicates. Idiopathic REM sleep behavior disorder ...

A brain specialist has disclosed that a straightforward sketching exercise might reveal whether someone is experiencing dementia. Dementia is characterised by a progressive deterioration in mental ...

What if a simple vision test could predict your brain health years in advance? New research from the UK suggests that changes in how we see might be able to flag the risk of dementia more than a ...

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 ...

As a primary care physician, I often have older patients come to me worried about dementia. They tell me they've been forgetting names or where they put their keys, and they're concerned that such ...

How can I tell the difference between normal age-related forgetfulness and something more serious? Misplacing your keys or struggling to recall a name — these are frustrations most of us encounter as ...