Can our homes help detect brain changes? New research shows how digital sensing reveals subtle shifts in movement and cognition in everyday life, and can track disease progression.

A slower walk as you age has always been a warning sign of increasing frailty that could lead to falls and other disabilities, experts say. Emerging research in small groups of elderly subjects has ...

Dementia symptoms can include balance and coordination problems that many dismiss as normal ageing, with experts warning these early physical signs should not be overlooked ...

Dementia does not appear out of the blue. In fact, your body gives you signs well before a health concern flares up, and this includes dementia. Yes, the signs could be subtle, but your body will ...

Cognitive decline and Alzheimer's progression can each be subtle and gradual, and some early dementia signs aren't even ones you'd associate with brain health—at least not on the surface. A recent ...

Normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) is one of the few reversible causes of dementia in older adults and accounts for approximately 6% of all dementias. The cardinal sign of NPH is a hypokinetic gait ...

Balance and coordination problems on stairs can be an early sign of dementia, according to leading charities Alzheimer ...

A 72-year-old man with a 6-month history of cognitive impairment and visual hallucination presented to an emergency room after repeated falls a few days ago. His wife felt that he had been slow in ...