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Dr. Nathaniel Chin explains why repeat cognitive testing can reveal meaningful changes over time that a single score — even a “normal” one — may miss. When we evaluate someone for concerns about ...

The first symptoms of FTD may appear in one’s 40s and 50s as sudden changes in behavior or personality, language difficulties, or movement problems. These symptoms might manifest as out-of-character ...

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, ...

The MAPT gene encodes the instructions for making the tau protein. Individuals with a rare mutation in this gene form tau that aggregates into tangles more readily, leading to the progressive ...

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 ...