New blood tests measuring p-tau217 levels show promise for predicting Alzheimer's risk years before symptoms appear, though ...

University of Exeter researchers say it could help reach people who have not yet seen a specialist.

Finger-prick blood test alongside online thinking test could flag people with early memory problems which could become ...

The idea is straightforward: Take a blood test now, even without symptoms, and learn if you could some day develop ...

A blood test to screen for Alzheimer's disease in India? The rollout could make earlier and less invasive detection more ...

The earlier Alzheimer’s disease can be diagnosed, the better the outcomes; however, it can be hard to diagnose the disease in its earliest stages. The United States Food and Drug Administration ...

A pioneering study indicates that Alzheimer’s disease is considerably more widespread among individuals over 85 than previously believed. The research also found that over one in ten people aged 70 ...

That blood test your doctor suggested to check for Alzheimer’s? It might be giving dramatically different results depending on your race. While these tests promise earlier detection of a devastating ...

Elaine Chen covers biotech, co-writes The Readout newsletter, and co-hosts STAT’s weekly biotech podcast, The Readout Loud. You can reach Elaine on Signal at elaineywchen.70. A major Alzheimer’s ...

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 ...

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 ...