Tag: dementia

Recent gaffes by Biden and Trump may be signs of normal aging

During his presidential campaign, US President Donald Trump had said he had taken a cognitive test in Montreal,Quebec, to check for dementia and Alzheimer’s. However, a Stanford University neurology professor said that the 10-minute screening test is not in-depth look at cognitive function, adding that it’s important to measure a person’s cognitive performance against their performance earlier in life.

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Your blood is indicative of how your organs are aging

The Knight-ADRC cohort is an NIA-funded study of clinical dementia subjects and age-matched controls. Among individuals with cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and plasma data, Alzheimer’s (AD) cases corresponded to those with a diagnosis of dementia of the Alzheimer’s type using criteria equivalent to the National Institute of Neurological and Communication Disorders and Stroke- Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders Association for probable AD58.

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