Dedicated memory tests on smartphones enable the detection ... aim to slow the rate of cognitive decline. "To advance such self-tests, a patient's clinical data must be linked to self-tests ...

The biomarker test is a spinal tap test (also called a lumbar puncture) that uses a needle to remove cerebrospinal fluid (i.e ...

“Usually,” Owen continued, “these just reveal correlates of the dementing process rather than prove that someone has dementia.” These tests will not correctly identify all people who will ...

Professor Seán Kennelly from the Tallaght Institute of Memory and Cognition believes this study is a major step forward in ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A breakthrough in the fight against Alzheimer's was made by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh, where a test was created to detect the disease in the brain earlier.

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Alzheimer’s disease is an incredibly serious late-life aliment that can have a massive impact on an individual’s quality of life and self sufficiency ... a new blood test that could ...

Now, new research published in the journal Nature Medicine suggests that a special biomarker test could help detect signs of Alzheimer’s disease up to a decade before they begin to show up on ...

Up to half of all people living with Alzheimer's Disease in Ireland remain undiagnosed. Now, a new blood test may have the ...

Years before tau tangles show up in brain scans of patients with Alzheimer's disease, a biomarker test developed at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine can detect small amounts of the ...