These tests cannot be used on their own to diagnose dementia. But they can help the specialist work out the type of problem ... There are different versions of these tests, which have different names.

Dementia is currently diagnosed via a series of question-and-answer tests. Known as the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), the screening test evaluates a patient’s short-term memory ...

“The current gold standard test, the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE ... attending a memory clinic who had been diagnosed with dementia or mild memory impairment. Controls attained an ...

Dr Bing also suggested other tests that can be used to detect dementia at home, such as a smell test, because early dementia often affects the smell centre of your brain. Therefore, problems ...

A new test that uses lasers to detect different types of dementia in just seconds could "revolutionise" how the disease is ...

Although there are more than 944,000 people in the UK who have dementia and more than 55 million living with the disease globally ... brain scanners. However, a new blood test is offering fresh hope ...

Although there are more than 944,000 people in the UK who have dementia and more than 55 million ... However, a new blood test is offering fresh hope when it comes to early diagnosis.

An Oxfordshire woman with cognitive impairment has been one of the first patients to receive a blood test for dementia in an NHS trial roll-out. Stephanie Everill, 67, from Abingdon, was diagnosed ...