1. Medical history and symptom analysis: Doctors assess the patient’s medical background and family history of dementia. 2.

Other tests such as blood tests and neurological exams may be used to help confirm the diagnosis. Short-term memory loss can be an early sign of Alzheimer's disease, though there are many other ...

Researchers at Mass General Brigham may have developed an easy and inexpensive way to detect early signs of dementia.

Dementia UK has highlighted the "early signs" of Alzheimer's disease, one of the most common forms of dementia - including ...

In a nutshell A simple at-home smell test, the AROMHA test, could help detect early signs of Alzheimer’s disease years before ...

If the results indicate a problem, further tests can be done ... Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease, including memory loss, hallucinations, and movement problems. Frontotemporal dementia ...

US experts have found a simple test where patients try to identify different smells apart that could spot the earliest signs ...

Scientists from the University of Chicago Medicine have found that people who lose their sense of smell over time may be more ...

A straightforward at-home test could potentially detect a devastating condition up to 20 years before symptoms appear, ...

Olfactory tests may be a tool to identify dementia in its initial stages — when interventions are most beneficial, ...

Researchers at Boise State University are developing a virtual reality headset that monitors how well users detect certain ...