There are ways to manage symptoms and slow the progression. By Dana G. Smith Cognitive decline is a frightening prospect for most people. But experts say there are ways to manage and treat it, ...

Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is a slight decrease in a patient's cognitive function compared to a higher premorbid level. Symptoms remain objectively invisible, but the patients themselves complain ...

June is brain and Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month, a time to focus on our brains’ health. As we age, memory lapses and forgetfulness can raise concerns. When are these more than “senior moments”?

There's been a flurry of attention around a new study in Frontiers in Neurology validating that the Brain Care Score, or BCS, may help in assessing one's risk of developing dementia or having a stroke ...

What are the signs that a loved one should be tested for a possible medical cause for cognitive impairment? File Kansas City Star For people of a certain age, it takes only a few “senior moments” — ...

"Our study suggests that identification of neuropsychiatric symptoms, such as depression, anxiety, agitation or delusions, could be crucial to distinguish MCI patients with risk of faster cognitive ...

Credit: Getty Images Early recognition of cognitive decline in primary care allows for improved management of mild cognitive impairment and dementia in aging populations. As the US population ages, ...

Millions of older Americans may be unaware they have memory and thinking impairments -- mostly because their doctors aren't diagnosing them, new research suggests. After analyzing Medicare data ...

Millions of people over the age of 65 likely have mild cognitive impairment, or MCI—minor problems with memory or decisionmaking that can, over time, turn into dementia. But a pair of recent studies ...

Mike Davis’ mother died from Alzheimer’s disease in 2008. So when Davis started noticing that he was having an increasing number of “senior moments” at age 76 — such as forgetting to water his plants, ...