Medicare annual wellness visits were associated with a 21% increase in mild cognitive impairment diagnoses. Those with a wellness evaluation received a diagnosis 76 days earlier than others. Findings ...

Speaking at the Time 100 Health Summit in New York, Maria Carrillo, PhD, the chief scientific officer of the Alzheimer’s Association, spoke about the importance of a yearly wellness check-up that ...

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 ...

For informant interviews, providers should consider a formal tool such as the General Practitioner Assessment of Cognition (GPCOG), 8-item Informant Interview to Differentiate Aging and Dementia (AD8) ...

A leading group of medical experts on Tuesday declined to endorse cognitive screening for older adults, fueling a debate that has simmered for years. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force said it ...

BARCELONA — Patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) could reduce their risk for dementia by taking oral anticoagulation therapy, according to the first expert consensus statement on arrhythmias and ...