Relying on clinical symptoms of memory loss to diagnose Alzheimer's disease may miss other forms of dementia caused by Alzheimer's that don't initially affect memory, reports a new Northwestern ...

Dementia is marked by a gradual deterioration in cognitive function, resulting in issues including memory impairment, ...

Brain fog and memory loss are common symptoms before, during, and after a migraine attack. They're usually temporary but can be debilitating. So, why do they happen? According to Olivia Begasse de ...

Scientists at Mayo Clinic in Minnesota say they have identified a new type of memory loss. Limbic-predominant amnestic neurodegenerative syndrome, or LANS, affects the brain's limbic system, which ...

There is no single, easy test to diagnose Alzheimer’s, but a new review of 18 scientific studies confirms that a simple blood ...

A reader's friend had an episode where she seemed confused as to where she was and how she got there. They took her to the emergency room, where the doctor said she had an otherwise completely normal ...

As Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia — affecting an estimated 6.7 million Americans — it’s not surprising that people who experience memory loss may suspect AD. In fact, there is ...

As a primary care physician, I often have older patients come to me worried about dementia. They tell me they've been forgetting names or where they put their keys, and they're concerned that such ...

In fact, there is another common cognitive disorder with very similar symptoms, called limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy — or LATE for short — that is often misdiagnosed as ...