The FDA-cleared tests aren’t designed for healthy, symptom-free people, but many people want this information anyway.
The idea is straightforward: Take a blood test now, even without symptoms, and learn if you could some day develop Alzheimer's disease. Whether you should get this test is a more complicated matter.
Researchers at Indiana University have identified a single enzyme in brain neurons that, when removed, sharply reduced the ...
An Alzheimer's biomarker blood test during middle age may help doctors detect very early signs of cognitive decline to help people better target modifiable risk factors, a new study indicates.
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Imagine diagnosing one of the most challenging neurological diseases with just a quick finger-prick, a few drops of blood and a test sent in the post. This may sound like science fiction, but we are ...
When I co-invented the first PET (positron emission tomography) scan to visualize brain amyloid and tau—the physical evidence of Alzheimer’s disease—I did not foresee the distressing mental impact ...