Now, several publications and presentations at the recent Alzheimer’s Association International Conference have demonstrated that blood tests measuring amyloid and tau proteins have become much more ...

Researchers indicate that the Lumipulse p-tau217 assay may reduce over 50% of lumbar punctures performed for diagnosing ...

These various tests are at different stages of validation – assuring they’re accurate across many different populations. And, for each protein, there are several different met ...

and community opticians in the UK is hoping to develop an artificial intelligence-powered digital tool to predict dementia risk as part of a routine eye test. A team from the University of ...

Biomarker Test Can Detect Alzheimer's Pathology Earlier ... discovered that nearly 70 per cent of suspected frontotemporal dementia patients ultimately did not have the disease in a study aimed ...

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have devised a biomarker test that can spot small amounts of clumping tau protein in the brain and cerebrospinal fluid, which lead to Alzheimer's disease.

A simple blood test is being rolled out across the UK as part of a new study to detect early signs of dementia decades before ...

Friends or family members, including those who are caring for the person, can also be in denial and find a dementia diagnosis difficult to accept. It is not only people with dementia who may not ...

Find out about what Dementia Care Mapping is, and how to use observation in combination with other methods for measuring the experiences of people with dementia. You are here: Observation as a ...

Your morning run might be pulling double duty for your health. Of course, it’s good for your heart, but it also might protect you from dementia. Think of your muscles like a dry sponge, said Steven K.

The residents were fighting for basic needs. I began cooking meals at home and visiting the slums regularly. But as I spent more time there, I realised that distributing food wasn’t enough,” says ...