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New Blood Test May Predict Alzheimer’s Disease Onset (BBC News / NHS Choices / Nature Medicine)
Summary Researchers at Georgetown University in Washington DC claim to have devised a new blood test which promises to be able to predict the risk of Alzheimer’s Disease onset with 90% accuracy. The test is based on the levels of 10 … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, Diagnosis, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), Quick Insights, Universal Interest
Tagged Alzheimer's Disease: Diagnosis, Alzheimer’s Early Screening, Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment (aMCI), Assessment and Diagnosis, BBC Health News, Biomarkers, Biomarkers Predicting Cognitive Decline and Alzheimer's Disease, Blood Tests, Blood-Based Biomarkers, Case Finding, Cell Membrane Integrity, Cognitive Decline Studies, Cognitive Impairment, Dementia Case Finding, Dementia Diagnosis, Dementia Screening, Diagnosis, Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease, Diagnostics, Differential Diagnosis, Early Detection of Preclinical Disease, Early Diagnosis, Early Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease, Early Differential Diagnosis, Early Screening, Georgetown University, Georgetown University Medical Center, Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC), Late-Life Cognitive Decline, Lipids, MCI: Mild Cognitive Impairment, Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institutes of Health (US), Nature Medicine, Non-Invasive Biomarkers, Plasma Phospholipids, Preclinical Alzheimer's Disease, Rapid Screening, Screening, Screening for Dementia, Screening Tools for Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment (a-MCI), United States, Unity Health System: Rochester (USA), University of California: Irvine School of Medicine, USA
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Future Dementia Diagnosis or Prediction Via Eye Examinations? (BBC News / US Society for Neuroscience Conference)
Summary The retina is a direct extension of the brain. Early research has discovered that mice genetically engineered to have a version of Alzheimer’s Disease show a corresponding loss thickness in a layer of specific cells in the retina, and … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, Diagnosis, For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, Patient Care Pathway, Quick Insights, Universal Interest
Tagged Alzheimer's Disease: Diagnosis, Assessment and Diagnosis, BBC Health News, Commercial Tests for Alzheimer's Disease, Dementia Diagnosis, Diagnosis and Referral, Diagnostic Markers, Diagnostic Testing, Early Diagnosis, Early Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease, Eye Cells, Eye Examinations, Georgetown University Medical Center, Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC), Mouse Model of Alzheimer's Disease, Neurodegeneration, Neurodegenerative Disease Research, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Neuronal Loss, Retinal Ganglion Cell Layer, Retinal Inner Nuclear Layer, Retinal Neuronal Loss, Society for Neuroscience, Timely Diagnosis, Transgenic Mice, United States, US Society for Neuroscience Conference, USA
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