However, primary-care doctors often rely on paper-and-pencil tests rather then biomarker tools to diagnose Alzheimer’s. As for specialists, there can be long wait times and limited availability ...

If it determines that there are cognitive issues that might indicate Alzheimer’s, dementia, or another condition, your healthcare professional will recommend further testing. The GPCOG is a 5 ...

Washington: New blood tests could help doctors diagnose Alzheimer's disease faster and more accurately, researchers reported on Sunday - but some appear to work far better than others. It's tricky ...

She told the BBC that although several dementia blood tests had already shown promising ... "Anything that might be able to pick it up earlier and if there was some treatment in the future ...

However, there are plenty of skeptics of the “amyloid ... of [behavioral] dysfunction,” he says. Certain types of memory test are more appropriate measures of the types of memory impairments ...

Scientists have developed an early-warning test for Alzheimer's in a major breakthrough in the ... and former U.S. President Ronald Reagan. Experts say there is new evidence that aluminium in ...

A blood-based biomarker is an indicator about a person’s health that can be measured by testing their blood. In Alzheimer's disease, there is an abnormal build-up of proteins in the brain, which are ...

The money will support the development of Alzheimer's tests specific to tau tangles, the abnormal proteins that form inside ...

Professor Craig Ritchie also believes things will move so quickly that advanced cases of dementia in the future could almost ...

Currently, there is no approved blood test for this form of dementia cleared for use by the NHS, which means that Alzheimer’s is typically diagnosed with the help of time-consuming and expensive ...