Dementia is a highly prevalent condition, affecting 57 million people worldwide, with nearly 10 million new cases each year, according to a recent WHO report.In 2020, the Lancet Commission on dementia ...
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Study uncovers the first subtle sign of dementia

Dr Julia Cooney, founder and CEO of Zest and PREMAZ, reflects on the merits of advanced precision memory testing.
Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) primarily impacts personality, behavior, and language, unlike Alzheimer’s, which starts with memory. The main clinical subtypes are behavioral variant (bvFTD) and primary ...
Combining genetic risk with cardiovascular disease risk factors — such as high LDL cholesterol, obesity, and hypertension — may predict who is more likely to develop dementia, according to a new study ...
ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic researchers have developed a new tool that can estimate a person’s risk of developing memory and thinking problems associated with Alzheimer’s disease years before ...
MONDAY, Nov. 17, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- For individuals who are currently cognitively unimpaired, the lifetime and 10-year absolute risk of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and dementia increases ...
If you’ve had an MRI, CT or mammogram lately, chances are the images generated were just a fraction of the mountain of scans that radiologists review daily. Across the world, hospitals produce an ...
A team of Mayo Clinic scientists have created a way to estimate a person’s risk of developing memory and thinking problems long before symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease begin, potentially changing how ...
In the U.S., ~7.2 million older adults are living with Alzheimer’s in 2025; without breakthroughs, prevalence could approach ~13–14 million within a few decades. Total annual care costs are ~$384B in ...
Depression is one of the most widespread mental health disorders worldwide, characterized by persistent feelings of sadness, a loss of interest in everyday activities, dysregulated sleep or eating ...