Certain Memory Complaints Predict Future Dementia
Subjective cognitive complaints may be the earliest detectable stages of preclinical dementia.
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Can You Pass These Two Tests that Predict Dementia
Dementia—it’s one of the most dreaded diseases of our time. About 5.8 million people are currently living with Alzheimer’s disease, the most common form of dementia. And that number is expected to skyrocket to 14 million by 2050.
Dementia screening safe but offers few benefits by itself
Screening for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias in primary care settings did not result in any harm as measured by patient-reported anxiety and depressive symptoms, according to findings of a randomized controlled trial published in Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.
Lyme Disease: Missed and Misdiagnosed
We are experiencing an absolute epidemic of Lyme disease in the United States. Making things even worse is that many physicians don’t understand or deny that Lyme is so serious. It’s a tragedy.
When it comes to Alzheimer’s, women may be under-diagnosed, while men over-diagnosed, new study suggests
Doctors may be not be diagnosing women as early as men with brain problems associated with early signs of dementia because of how well women typically perform on simple memory tests.
Researchers Urge a Broader Look at Alzheimer’s Causes
Just about every day, there’s a new headline about this or that factor possibly contributing to Alzheimer’s Disease. Is it genetics, lifestyle, diet, chemical exposures, something else?
A Blood Test for Alzheimer’s? It’s Coming, Scientists Report
A test that measures beta amyloid protein in the blood is more accurate than a brain scan and may indicate trouble years earlier.
Blood Test For Alzheimer’s Disease Shows 100 Percent Accuracy In Preclinical Studies
Recently, the Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation gave researchers a $3.5 million award for promising early detection Alzheimer’s tests.
Facing Fear, Facing Alzheimer’s: Why Early Dementia Diagnosis Is a Must
Fear of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias has become so deeply ingrained in our society that they believe — wrongly — that a dementia diagnosis might as well be a death sentence.
A Blood Test Can Predict Dementia. Trouble Is, There’s No Cure
Nobel prizewinner Koichi Tanaka says the predictive blood test for Alzheimer’s disease he and colleagues spent almost a decade developing is a double-edged sword.