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 ...

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 ...

The five-year project will study blood tests for Alzheimer's disease and other forms ... "Anything that might be able to pick it up earlier and if there was some treatment in the future ...

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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 ...

However, there are plenty of skeptics of the ... On the other hand, the lead time for testing an Alzheimer's treatment and the urgency of finding something even moderately effective suggest ...

There is more hope than ever surrounding the diagnosis and treatment of dementia. Take care of your brain health and talk to ...

Professor Craig Ritchie also believes things will move so quickly that advanced cases of dementia in the future could almost be eradicated. A Scots dementia expert predicts there will be a cure ...

There are a number of groups around the world working on blood tests for Alzheimer’s, generally looking for traces in the blood of proteins like amyloid and tau that aggregate in the brains of ...

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