A five-minute mental health test developed by a Hong Kong university that can be administered over the phone has been hailed as an important step in catching dementia in its early stages.
As Hong Kong faces an ageing population boom – the number of people aged 65 or older is expected to double to 2.37 million in two decades – early detection of dementia, which has no cure, is crucial to treatment.
The test, Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), caught...
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