NEW ORLEANS — Every three seconds someone in the world develops a case of dementia. The estimated cost of that brain illness is a staggering $1.3 trillion. But you can lower your risk by knowing the ...
Residents 60 and older in seven Central New York counties and northern counties can receive a free memory loss screening at their local Office for the Aging starting in November. The screening is part ...
Residents over the age of 60 in seven central New York communities: Cayuga, Herkimer, Lewis, Madison, Oneida, Oswego and Tompkins, will be able to receive free memory screenings from their local ...
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 ...
Why should I get a memory test? As we age, our brains undergo both anatomical and chemical changes. Shrinkage begins in our 30s and 40s, with the prefrontal cortex, cerebellum and hippocampus ...
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 ...
Do you know your friends’ mobile numbers by heart? Or struggle to remember what you had for dinner last night? How well our memory works might be determined by a complex combination of genes, ...
The Stages of Objective Memory Impairment (SOMI) system predicted transitions from normal cognition to incident symptomatic cognitive impairment, longitudinal data showed. Over a mean follow-up of ...