New tool developed to diagnose dementia cases

Axial brain PET scan showing several bright yellow-red hotspots in the cortex.

From successfully achieving the first remission of a pediatric cancer case in 1948, to creating the most revolutionary medical achievements WorldCare Consortium® medical second opinion (MSO) providers, Dana-Farber and Massachusetts General Hospital have successfully created a molecular tool that helps study the accumulation of toxic proteins in patient’s brain cells who suffer from multiple dementia conditions. This […]

A Misdiagnosis of Dementia

Three axial brain scans displaying a blue-to-yellow heatmap of metabolic activity.

In November 2016, Jacqueline Dibb and her husband Rob were told by consultants at Hull Royal Infirmary in the United Kingdom that Jacqueline had frontotemporal dementia, a neurodegenerative disease classified as the “worst” type of dementia that “makes you violent” and “lose recognition of the people around you,” according to Rob Dibb. “They said she […]