GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - A study conducted by a multidisciplinary Spectrum Health neurology team has found that dementia patients are not undergoing evaluation at the onset of the dementia process, a ...

Significant productivity loss can be seen up to 15 years before early-onset dementia diagnosis, potentially explained by delays in diagnosis.

Although the cause of Alzheimer disease is not clear, recent advances in research have furthered the understanding of Alzheimer dementia as a continuum. Alzheimer disease (AD) is an irreversible ...

Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is one of the most common causes of progressive dementia in working-age people. However, making a diagnosis and a prognosis is often challenging because the ...

Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is one of the most common causes of progressive dementia in working-age people. However, making a diagnosis and a prognosis is often challenging because the ...

New vision loss gene therapy gets a price tag below the expected $1 million mark; new evidence finds that the prevalence of autism spectrum disorders has plateaued; hospitals are ill-equipped to care ...

Sold-out event at the New York Academy of Medicine will bring together people living with dementia, care partners, clinicians, researchers, and community leaders — all learning from one another under ...

It is beneficial to perform brain imaging to rule out other organic causes for dementia, such as vascular disease or a tumor. A computed tomography (CT) scan provides images of the brain in greater ...