Medical Xpress September 15, 2025
Alzheimer’s disease is the most common cause of dementia. As new disease-modifying treatments for Alzheimer’s disease are now becoming available, both early and accurate diagnosis in a resource-efficient assessment process are becoming increasingly important, as not everyone responds to the new drugs. Seeking medical care for cognitive impairment is not necessarily the result of Alzheimer’s disease—it can, for example, be caused by depression, fatigue or other dementias.
Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have developed a digital cognitive test for diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease that is intended for use in primary care. The work is published in the journal Nature Medicine.
“This digital test, which patients perform on their own with minimal involvement from health care personnel, improves the primary care...
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