Munich, Germany - UNDER EMBARGO UNTIL 27 Aug 2018: A clock drawing test for detecting cognitive dysfunction should be conducted routinely in patients with high blood pressure, according to research ...

Dementia is expected to proliferate along with the super elderly. So health practitioners are focused on screening for it.

A digital version of the classic clock-drawing test can accurately identify early Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathology in asymptomatic patients in less than 5 minutes, new research shows. Investigators ...

A neurologist has revealed that a "simple" drawing test could indicate if a person is living with dementia. Dementia is marked by a gradual decline in cognitive function, more often seen in people ...

ATLANTA — Emory Healthcare is working to implement a test used to detect Alzheimer’s disease and other types of dementia. The clock-drawing test, which is typically part of a larger Mini-Cog test, is ...

Perhaps no neurologic disorder is feared more than Alzheimer dementia. At least a few times a week, a concerned elderly man or woman comes to my office wondering whether their forgetfulness or loss of ...

Sleep researchers have found it's possible to determine the timing of a person's internal biological clock via a single blood draw. Ultimately, the findings could lead to a simple blood test for ...

A neurologist has revealed that a simple drawing task could indicate whether a person is showing signs of dementia. Dementia is defined by a gradual decline in cognitive function, primarily affecting ...