With another pricey Alzheimer’s disease treatment expected to receive an approval decision soon, the nonprofit Alzheimer’s Association has published the final version of its new diagnostic ...

April 19, 2011 -- The criteria for diagnosing Alzheimer's disease has been updated to incorporate new brain imaging and biochemical tests that could signal the disease before symptoms appear.

A group of international experts is challenging revised diagnostic criteria for Alzheimer’s disease (AD) as laid out by the Alzheimer’s Association (AA) earlier this year. In a paper published ...

The latest effort to rewrite the diagnostic criteria for Alzheimer’s disease has stirred more than a little controversy. While the proposed revisions have garnered praise from researchers for more ...

Share on Pinterest Newly revised diagnostic criteria for Alzheimer’s may help improve disease prognosis. Image credit: Bloomberg Creative/Getty Images. About 32 million people around the world ...

Based on the criteria of the American Alzheimer's Association, all these people would qualify for an AD diagnosis. However, for Professor Frisoni, “70% of all these people will never develop AD.” ...

The revised criteria, which define Alzheimer's as a biologic process and identify diagnostic biomarkers, offer a foundation for formal clinical guidelines expected in 2025.

A draft proposal for new Alzheimer’s disease diagnostic criteria incorporates blood-based biomarkers, whose utility, relatively low cost and performance have made them a promising new tool in AD ...

Research from all publishers Recent studies have concentrated on refining diagnostic criteria and therapeutic regimens for Behçet's disease. Notably, a high-profile report in The Lancet ...

The International Working Group has published revised diagnostic criteria for Alzheimer's disease, emphasising that a diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease should primarily rely on clinical ...

Each of the six tests measured the blood levels of one or more biomarkers linked to Alzheimer's disease. Across the six tests, five distinct biomarkers were measured using various techniques.