I’ve served for almost two decades as a consultant psychiatrist and medical director of a geriatric psychiatric unit. Our niche has been one of the most difficult: patients with advanced dementia, ...

The way the brain’s shape changes as it ages could help to paint the picture of its overall health and offer early warning signs for dementia—years before typical symptoms emerge. Brain scan analysis ...

Researchers have developed an AI tool they say can read brain MRIs in a much broader way and look at patterns that could point to future disease.

A groundbreaking brain scan could soon offer insights into the rate of your ageing and even forecast the likelihood of developing dementia well before any symptoms appear. Researchers have unveiled an ...

Medical imaging scans that create detailed images of the body’s internal structures are widely used in medicine. Doctors need them to detect and manage certain types of cancer, assess the extent of ...