Low mood and depression can be an early warning sign of dementia but may also indicate seasonal affective disorder (SAD), a ...

Relying on clinical symptoms of memory loss to diagnose Alzheimer's disease may miss other forms of dementia caused by Alzheimer's that don't initially affect memory, reports a new Northwestern ...

A reader's friend had an episode where she seemed confused as to where she was and how she got there. They took her to the emergency room, where the doctor said she had an otherwise completely normal ...

Brain fog and memory loss are common symptoms before, during, and after a migraine attack. They're usually temporary but can ...

As Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia — affecting an estimated 6.7 million Americans — it’s not surprising that people who experience memory loss may suspect AD. In fact, there is ...

One of the most common side effects of aging is forgetfulness or memory loss. You may find that details you used to recall easily are suddenly difficult to retrieve. When you think of improving your ...

Scientists at Mayo Clinic in Minnesota say they have identified a new type of memory loss. Limbic-predominant amnestic neurodegenerative syndrome, or LANS, affects the brain's limbic system, which ...

As a primary care physician, I often have older patients come to me worried about dementia. They tell me they've been forgetting names or where they put their keys, and they're concerned that such ...

New tests of blood and spinal fluid can show how far Alzheimer's has progressed and how fast a patient's memory will decline. New tests of blood and spinal fluid can identify people experiencing ...

In fact, there is another common cognitive disorder with very similar symptoms, called limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy — or LATE for short — that is often misdiagnosed as ...