A CT scan provides detailed images of the brain ... While vascular dementia and Alzheimer’s disease can show similar cognitive symptoms — such as memory loss, confusion, and difficulty ...

This can help them understand how a disease is unfolding. A PET scan is different from an X-ray, CT, or MRI, which only show images of the body. When you get a PET scan, your doctor will give you ...

Caroline first started seeing a number of strange changes in husband Mark's personality from a loss in his usual ...

The spending watchdog has recommended that a drug shown to slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease should ... to have a baseline MRI scan and then either a Pet-CT scan or lumbar puncture ...

Scientists and researchers are set to examine hundreds of thousands of brain scans to build ... a person's risk of dementia. A group of 20 experts will analyse data from CT and MRI scans using ...

A group of 20 experts will analyse data from CT and MRI scans using AI ... in development for Alzheimer’s are likely to work in the early stages of the disease, which is why early diagnosis ...

Memory disorders are any changes in your brain structure that interfere with your ability to make, recall, or retain memories ...

It means that, as things stand, people in the early stages of the disease will be denied ... and then either a Pet-CT scan or lumbar puncture to confirm Alzheimer's.

“Since PET scans cover a larger area of the body, from the skull to the thighs, they are particularly effective at identifying metastatic disease. However, PET/CT interpretation is complex and ...

A "GAME-CHANGING" drug shown to slow the progression of Alzheimer's has been approved in the UK. Lecanemab, developed by pharmaceutical company Eisai, was given the green light by the Medicines ...

“Lecanemab is the first disease modifying treatment ... a baseline MRI scan and then either a Pet-CT scan or lumbar puncture to confirm Alzheimer’s.

ITV News Science Correspondent Martin Stew explains why the drug has been rejected as too expensive for use by the health spending watchdog A new drug which has been shown to slow the progression ...