PHILADELPHIA: Scientists have made a major breakthrough in diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease through a simple blood test.
A team of researchers reported that the blood test proved to be significantly more accurate than doctors’ methods of brain tests and CT scans.
The study, published in the journal JAMA, found that the blood test was about 90 percent accurate in identifying whether patients with memory problems had Alzheimer’s.
Dementia specialists use standard methods, including expensive PET scans or spinal cord samples, with test results that are 61 to 73 percent accurate.
The findings, presented at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference in Philadelphia, heralded the latest milestone in this inexpensive and accessible way to diagnose Alzheimer’s.
It should be noted that Alzheimer’s is a mental disease that affects more than 32 million people worldwide. Medical experts say that very soon Alzheimer’s test will be as easy as sugar or cholesterol etc.
