The Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) is a test used to detect mild cognitive decline and early signs of dementia. It can help identify people at risk of Alzheimer's disease and screen for ...

While the MOCA test is useful in detecting dementia, it cannot differentiate ... The MoCA is similar to an older test called the Mini-Mental State Exam (MMSE). Both tests use a 30-point scale ...

A new clinical trial has started to see whether blood tests can accurately diagnose dementia. (Getty Images) ...

Prolonged rapid eye movement sleep latency may be an early indicator of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, according ...

A simple blood test that could revolutionise dementia diagnosis has started trials in NHS clinics. The study of more than 3,000 patients will verify a diagnostic test suitable for routine use that ...

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 ...

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 ...

Scientists have discovered a blood marker that could help identify people at risk of developing dementia long before ... This suggests that a simple blood test could be used to identify people ...

A SIMPLE blood test that could catch dementia before major symptoms start has begun trials in NHS clinics. More than 3,000 Brits worried about their brain health will be enrolled in the nationwide ...

Researchers in the UK will soon start trialling blood tests that promise to diagnose dementia at clinics across the country in the hope of having them in routine NHS use within five years.

A simple eye test could potentially detect early warning signs of Alzheimer's disease, a condition that tragically affects millions worldwide. Dementia is often described as causing two deaths ...

A nationwide clinical trial aiming to revolutionise how dementia is diagnosed is now underway. Research teams will assess how blood tests could be used to detect dementia at various stages. The Blood ...