Is it dementia? A popular neurologist uses five simple tests of cognitive function to help gauge the health of a patient's brain This is the 53rd instalment in a series on dementia, including the ...

A simple diagnostic tool endorsed by many experts is the "clock-drawing method", which swiftly identifies early signs of ...

Perhaps no neurologic disorder is feared more than Alzheimer dementia. At least a few times a week, a concerned elderly man or woman comes to my office wondering whether their forgetfulness or loss of ...

ATLANTA — Emory Healthcare is working to implement a test used to detect Alzheimer’s disease and other types of dementia. The clock-drawing test, which is typically part of a larger Mini-Cog test, is ...

Right Cold (Right side of the brain activated) Baseline shows the participants drawing a clock blindfolded. Caloric-only shows the clocks drawn by the participants as they had cold water trickled into ...