Cognitive impairment is common among stroke survivors and cognition screenings should be part of a person’s multidisciplinary follow-up care, according to a new scientific statement from the ...

However, some brief screening tests (30 minutes or less) are widely used to identify cognitive impairment after a stroke: The Mini-Mental State Examination and the Montreal Cognitive Assessment.

More than half of U.S. adults who survive strokes develop cognitive impairments in the year that follows, a new science report says. As many as 1 in 3 survivors will develop dementia within five ...

Although cognitive impairment is reversible in some cases early after stroke, up to one-third of individuals with stroke develop dementia within 5 years.” – Dr. Steve Allder , consultant ...

Emerging approaches for assessment of cognitive impairment and dementia. ... (PET) scans are done if there is evidence of brain injury, infection, stroke, or a brain tumor.

People with cognitive impairment are significantly more likely to have a stroke, with a 39 percent increased risk, than people with normal cognitive function, according to a new study. Cognitive ...

Risk Assessment and Management of Vascular Cognitive Impairment — Alzheimer’s disease and microvascular brain injury, though distinct, often interact synergistically in the elderly.

Background Cognitive impairment commonly occurs in the acute phase post-stroke, but may persist with over half of all stroke survivors experiencing some form of long-term cognitive deficit. Recent ...

A new American Heart Association report shows that over half of stroke survivors develop cognitive impairment within a year. 1 weather alerts 1 closings/delays. Watch Now.

Emerging approaches for assessment of cognitive impairment and dementia. ... (PET) scans are done if there is evidence of brain injury, infection, stroke, or a brain tumor.