Scientists believe their findings open the way to earlier prevention strategies and more targeted monitoring. The post Blood test can detect dementia in women 25 years before symptoms begin appeared ...

Women with higher levels of p-tau217, a blood protein, were twice as likely to eventually develop dementia or mild cognitive impairment.

The blood biomarker p-tau217 has "shown the most promise in detecting Alzheimer's in the brain," researchers of a new study say.

A new study led by researchers at UC San Diego shows a certain protein detected in the blood can provide decades of early ...

The 5-Cog assessment tool helped improve dementia-related care in primary care patients. 5-Cog tripled the odds that a patient would receive a dementia-related intervention within 90 days. The quick ...

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Another important discovery involved the sense of smell. Many people who had early signs of the disease also had trouble ...

Dementia is one of the biggest health challenges facing aging populations around the world. Millions of people develop memory loss and thinking problems as they grow older, and Alzheimer’s disease is ...

Researchers found that higher blood levels of p-tau217 were strongly linked to future dementia in women over decades of ...