NEW YORK, June 20 (Praxis Press) The Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) is a widely used diagnostic tool for dementia, but its use as a predictive indicator of Alzheimer disease (AD) has not been ...
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New Study: If You Notice This When You Walk, It Could Be a Sign of Dementia
About 80% of study participants demonstrating this behavior also had abnormalities in their brain waves that researchers said ...
Dec. 19, 2003 — The Short Test of Mental Status (STMS) is better than the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) at detecting those likely to develop mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or Alzheimer disease ...
We have a dementia unit and currently use a mini-mental state examination on our admissions. We have heard the mini-mental may not be the best test -— do you know of any other that may be better?
The Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) is the most commonly used test for complaints of memory problems or when a diagnosis of dementia is being considered and is carried out by a medical ...
Medically reviewed by Huma Sheikh, MDMedically reviewed by Huma Sheikh, MD The Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) is a test used to detect mild cognitive decline and early signs of dementia. It can ...
A Swedish research team seeking a reliable way to determine who is most at risk of dying after stroke discovers that a simple drawing test may be a good predictor. The team, lead by Dr. Bernice Wiberg ...
Subjective memory symptoms might be an early indicator of stroke risk, especially in highly educated people, a new study suggests. "We found that individuals who said they were having memory losses ...
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