Twenty years ago, at a particularly stressful time in my mid-40s, I thought I was losing my mind — or at least my memory. I sometimes had trouble coming up with words — initially names, then simple ...

Early detection is imperative to catch neurodegenerative diseases like dementia in their early stages and slow disease progression. But regular cognitive testing is not yet commonplace in healthcare ...

Researchers at Boston University have completed the largest study to date characterizing the cognitive symptoms of NFL ...

Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have developed a digital cognitive test for diagnosing Alzheimer's disease that is intended for use in primary care. "This digital test, which patients perform ...

A cognitive test is not mandatory for Medicare beneficiaries, but it is an included feature of the Medicare Annual Wellness Visit (AWV). If a person has Medicare Part B and has been enrolled for at ...

Alzheimer's disease is the most common cause of dementia. As new disease-modifying treatments for Alzheimer's disease are now becoming available, both early and accurate diagnosis in a ...

Increased memory loss over time, known as accelerated long-term forgetting, is greater in people with MS than in healthy ...

In a recent study, this factor was associated with poorer memory, slower processing speed, and signs of accelerated brain ...

Feeling anxious or struggling to keep pace in school during early adolescence is linked to how people view their own memory abilities more than fifty years later. The findings suggest that early-life ...