Alzheimer’s blood tests offer new promise to diagnose and predict the disease
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The goal is to ultimately find ways to delay and even prevent the devastating memory and thinking problems of Alzheimer’s.
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Dana G. Smith and Pam Belluck
Research presented recently at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference in London suggests that the use of blood tests could eventually transform the way Alzheimer’s is diagnosed, and even predict who might develop the disease and when.
One study presented on July 14 showed that when primary care doctors had access to blood test results, their accuracy in diagnosing whether a patient’s cognitive symptoms were caused by Alzheimer’s improved considerably.