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Faster biological aging predicts lower cognitive test scores 7 years later

An analysis of the Framingham Heart Study data found that higher epigenetic aging metrics predicted lower scores on the digital Clock Drawing Test 7 years later. The strongest association was with ...
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Emory rolls out digital 'clock-drawing test' to detect Alzheimer's, other types of dementia

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 ...
Medscape

Five-Minute Digital Clock Test May Speed Early Alzheimer's Diagnosis

A digital version of the classic clock-drawing test can accurately identify early Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathology in asymptomatic patients in less than 5 minutes, new research shows. Investigators ...
Wired

Digital pen is better dementia-prediction tool than a doctor

A new dementia-prediction tool could diagnose conditions earlier, and with greater accuracy by using digital pen technology. Read more: Alzheimer's disease and dementia: what's the difference? The ...
New Atlas

Clock Drawing Test goes digital for early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease

Early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease can make a huge difference in the management of the disease, and this can be achieved by making testing procedures more easily accessible. For that reason, ...
New Atlas

Digital pen technique can diagnose dementia faster and earlier

Noting that most current methods of diagnosing cognitive diseases can only detect impairment after the disorders have taken hold, researchers at MIT have combined digital pen technology and some ...