Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Simple blood test gets green light by FDA to improve early detection of Alzheimer’s disease The U.S. Food and Drug Administration ...

To take the test, a patient sits in front of a laptop, watching images flash by. They don’t have to respond to any questions or remember anything. As their brain processes each picture, sensors track ...

Scientists have designed a new cognitive test that diagnoses patients more accurately with Alzheimer's. The digital test times how long it takes patients to remember objects and make word associations ...

Early clues of Alzheimer’s may show up with a quick, no-effort brainwave check called Fastball EEG. Developed at the University of Bath with colleagues at the University of Bristol, this three-minute ...

FDA clears 1st blood test for Alzheimer’s to help primary care clinicians assess cognitive decline without brain scans or lumbar punctures.

This transcript has been edited for clarity. Hi. I’m Art Caplan. I'm at the Division of Medical Ethics at NYU Grossman School of Medicine in New York City. The FDA recently cleared, for the first time ...

Diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease has long relied on expensive and invasive procedures, often delaying care until symptoms are well advanced. With the recent US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ...

Researchers are examining whether samples collected show accurately certain biomarkers which denote abnormal proteins in the brain. Volunteers in the ongoing study undergo cognitive tests, an MRI and ...

The U.S. FDA recently approved a new blood test to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease. The test, called Lumipulse, measures two proteins in plasma: pTau217 and ß-Amyloid 1-42. These proteins clump together ...