The Montreal Cognitive Assessment is a 30-point exam meant to screen for Alzheimer's and other cognitive impairments in older adults.

Elli Kaplan’s company Neurotrack says it’s developed a cognitive screening test that can be done in just three minutes. Earlier this month, one of the first comprehensive studies of cognitive issues ...

Screening for cognitive impairment among patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) can be challenging; however, some shorter assessments have shown promise for use in the clinical setting.

A cognitive test is a required part of the Medicare annual wellness visit (AWV). This can be a valuable tool in discovering specific cognitive health conditions early, like dementia and Alzheimer’s ...

Eighty percent of older adults see the benefit of tests that can give an early warning that a person's memory and thinking abilities have started to decline, a new poll of people age 65 to 80 finds.

The Alzheimer's Association has released new recommendations to help clinicians detect cognitive impairment during Medicare Annual Wellness Visits. Based on the findings of an expert workgroup ...

Screening for cognitive impairment should be part of multidisciplinary care for stroke survivors, the American Heart Association (AHA) says in a new scientific statement. "Cognitive impairment after ...

President Donald Trump has spent months bragging about acing cognitive tests, but one psychologist gives his view on why he ...

Ken Cohen, MD, FACP, discusses how clinicians can support patients after a cognitive screening to identify meaningful next steps. It's a great question, and it falls into 2 broad categories. One is ...

Interestingly, though Trump told the audience that the tests are difficult, the example question he mentioned during his ...