Medically reviewed by Huma Sheikh, MD Key Takeaways The MoCA test is a 10-minute exam used to find early signs of dementia. ...
Carole Rainey, whose name has been changed to protect her privacy, started to notice something wasn’t quite right with her husband, Bill, when he began to ramble in a way that was unlike him. He had ...
The Montreal Cognitive Assessment is a 30-point exam meant to screen for Alzheimer's and other cognitive impairments in older adults.
Misplaced your keys again? Blanked on the name of your neighbor’s dog? Don’t panic: Occasional forgetfulness is a normal part of aging. But if you have a sneaking suspicion that your memory lapses ...
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 ...
The eyes might truly be windows to the brain’s health, according to fascinating new research published in Scientific Reports. Scientists have discovered that simple vision sensitivity tests could ...
President Donald Trump is boasting about taking what he believed was an IQ test, which was seemingly a screening test for signs of dementia. During a conversation with reporters aboard Air Force One ...
Rob Hofmann had his first on-the-job encounter with dementia when he and a colleague took two of their institution’s longtime donors out to dinner. Mr. Hofmann, a senior fundraiser at the University ...
President Trump on Monday bragged about passing a dementia test, while challenging Democrats decades younger than him to try and do the same. “[We] have a great group of people, which they don’t,” ...
Donald Trump keeps bragging about “acing” a cognitive test, and last night, on Air Force One, insulted a reporter who was asking him about his health, saying she wouldn’t be able to. Actual words from ...
A survey of Alzheimer’s disease prevalence in Norway confirms earlier estimates and might show how education level relates to ...