Daily Archives: July 15, 2008

Mayo Clinic Finds Rates of Mild Cognitive Impairment Higher Than Expected

July 15th, 2008 - 5:47 pm

A new Mayo Clinic study has found that the number of new cases of mild cognitive impairment is approximately 5 percent per year. This is higher than the anticipated 1 or 2 percent incidence rate and highlights the urgency for … Continue reading →

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New Mayo Clinic Computer Analysis Gives Alzheimer’s Disease Severity “Score”

July 15th, 2008 - 4:45 pm

Mayo Clinic researchers have developed an algorithm that extracts information on brain deterioration from three-dimensional MRI scans and assigns a severity score by comparing the scan to a large library of scans from patients with Alzheimer’s disease and patients who … Continue reading →

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