The tests could help to improve dementia care, but scientists say there are still some caveats and unknowns. By Dana G. Smith Could a simple blood test predict your risk of getting dementia years, or ...

Talking is one of the most complex actions the human body performs, yet the process of turning thoughts into speech is coordinated on millisecond timescales. For some children, the brain struggles to ...

Apraxia is the inability to voluntarily perform learned gestures, even though sensory and motor functions are preserved. Objective: To standardize apraxia gestures and pantomimes in the elderly ...

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If you’ve ever bought a health testing kit for anything from the flu to a UTI, you’re one among many: Home health tests are a multi-billion-dollar global industry. In fact, a new one just became ...

If it feels like everyone is getting the flu, you're not imagining it. This is shaping up to be another severe flu season. That's why it's important to take advantage of every tool we have to keep the ...

Gait apraxia is characterized by difficulty coordinating and initiating the movement of walking. It is distinct from lower limb apraxia, which may affect motor function of the lower limbs more ...

The diagnosis of corticobasal syndrome (CBS) is challenging due to its clinical overlap with other neurodegenerative disorders. Ideomotor apraxia is a core feature of CBS and often presents ...

MILFORD, Ohio (WKRC) - A simple keyboard is giving a local young man a voice he has never had. Jakob Jordan, 24, has nonverbal, severe autism and apraxia, making it difficult for him to speak and ...

Garett Bolles and Jennifer Bjorem don't let their NFL loyalties get in the way of confronting childhood apraxia of speech together. Illustration: Kelsea Petersen / The Athletic; Photos: Cooper Neill / ...

Columbus-area native Elli Wachtman’s passion to help others took root at Capital University. Her passion grew while pursuing a master’s degree in Washington D.C. and blossomed 7,000 miles away in ...