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Dr. Nathaniel Chin explains why repeat cognitive testing can reveal meaningful changes over time that a single score may miss ...

The symptoms of FTD overlap with many other psychiatric and neurological conditions like depression, bipolar disorder, borderline personality, and Parkinson’s disease. Since the symptoms start young, ...

Start earlier than feels necessary, and lead with a specific moment rather than a verdict. Frame the concern around safety rather than driving skill, holding the conversation at home rather than in ...

A comprehensive evaluation, typically performed by an occupational therapist certified as a driver rehabilitation specialist, combines a clinical assessment — memory, processing speed, judgment of ...

Recent tickets, accidents or unexplained dents; getting lost in familiar places; confusion over colors, words or road rules; errors at intersections such as failing to yield on a left turn; confusing ...

Deborah Kan is the founder and CEO of Being Patient, a journalism-driven news platform on Alzheimer’s, dementia, and brain health that she launched after her mother’s Alzheimer’s diagnosis and years ...

Oligodendrocytes are brain cells that form fatty sheaths around neurons to help them communicate efficiently New research suggests that some of the genes that support their maturation and metabolism ...

While the gene greatly increases the risk of developing the disease, over the lifetime only about 60 percent of people with two copies develop Alzheimer’s.

Scientists recently identified many potential genes including TNS3 and CISD1. These are turned on brain cells called oligodendrocytes that form fatty sheaths that wrap neurons to help them communicate ...