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 ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s the new chant in Washington politics: “Get a cognitive test!” Political opponents, armchair pundits and even nervous supporters are demanding that President Joe Biden undergo ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A portion of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment, a 10-minute test designed to detect mild cognitive impairment such as the onset of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. President Biden at the debate on June 27. (Kyle Mazza/Anadolu via Getty Images) (Anadolu via Getty Images) At 81, President Biden ...

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 ...

Cognitively healthy older adults with high levels of a biomarker called p-tau217 in their blood had an estimated 38% greater chance of developing early signs of dementia over five years, a new study ...

"Good candidates are individuals who are identified as having cognitive impairment distinct from normal aging via abnormal cognitive screening." ...

Remembering where you left your keys, recalling familiar names, or keeping track of your daily plans without checking your ...

A p-tau217 blood test detected Alzheimer's pathology with up to 0.96 accuracy and changed the diagnosis for 25.5% of memory ...