Blood tests for Alzheimer’s: Two experts on why new studies are encouraging
These various tests are at different stages of validation – assuring they’re accurate across many different populations. And, for each protein, there are several different met ...
The importance of blood tests for Alzheimer’s: 2 neuroscientists explain the recent findings
Now, several publications and presentations at the recent Alzheimer’s Association International Conference have demonstrated that blood tests measuring amyloid and tau proteins have become much more ...
New test could detect Alzheimer’s sign a decade before it shows up on brain scans
Alzheimer’s disease — which affects an estimated 7 million Americans — is notoriously difficult to detect, especially in its ...
Scientists Develop Early Alzheimer’s Detection Test – Years Before Symptoms Appear
A new biomarker test can detect early-stage tau protein clumping up to a decade before it appears on brain scans, improving ...
The Lancet7d
The Holy Grail: highlighting the need for equitable access to dementia treatments and clinical trials
Provide hope to dementia patients Infrastructure required to administer drugs including diagnosis, infusion, imaging, amyloid PET scanning Provide an opportunity for clinicians, researchers, ...
Flow Space on MSN8d
Worried About Dementia? The New Tests to Talk About with Your Doctor
Blood tests and the adoption of AI in cognitive decline screenings have opened the door to new avenues for testing cognitive ...
ALZFORUM9d
At Human Amyloid Imaging Conference, Plasma Tau Was the Star
At the Human Amyloid Imaging (HAI) meeting, held January 15-17, researchers focused on new techniques—all based on tau and ...
CNET11d
Need to Sign and Scan Something? Use Your iPhone's Hidden Document Scanner
If you have some official documents to sign, scan and send but don't have a proper scanner ready, don't worry — just follow these steps. David Lumb is a mobile reporter covering how on-the-go ...
Frontiers17d
Relationship between regional relative theta power and amyloid deposition in mild cognitive impairment: an exploratory study
Each participant’s amyloid PET scans were co-registered to a bias-corrected image ... The clinical reading of the amyloid PET results by a radiologist was negative, positive, and unclear in 14, 6, and ...
ALZFORUM23d
Leqembi Maintenance Dosing Approved in the U.S.
“The medical insurance landscape continues to present unpredictable challenges in coverage determinations for both amyloid PET scans and treatment,” he ... to approve lecanemab soon, based on a ...
Reuters25d
Fact Check: Video of unsuccessful ballot scans misrepresented as evidence of fraud
The clip, captured at “scan room 2” around 6 p.m. three days after the Nov. 5, 2024, presidential election, shows several people in an office. Text overlaid on the video draws attention to a ...
Neurology Advisor27d
New Criteria Developed for Appropriate Use of Amyloid, Tau PET
17 clinical scenarios were developed for which amyloid or tau PET may be considered. Gil D. Rabinovici, M.D., from the University of California San Francisco, and colleagues updated AUC for ...