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A new Alzheimer’s study has provided evidence that a bio-marker test can be used to reliably determine an Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis much earlier than previously thought. The fascinating news about this article is that a diagnosis can be made from spinal fluid before many symptoms have appeared. After a 5 year-follow up, the study predicted [...]
Science Daily (June 30, 2010) — Research has identified the memory and brain scan tests that appear to predict best whether a person with cognitive problems might develop Alzheimer’s disease. The research is published in the June 30, 2010, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. Memory and brain [...]
There are many assessments that must be made before a patient is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. Usually a battery of psychological and neurological tests will be done because some symptoms which appear to be Alzheimer’s could be related to another medical condition altogether. The test most often used for Alzheimer’s is the MMSE. The Mini Mental State [...]
