Has Science Developed A Quick Blood Test For Alzheimer’s Disease?

The dreaded brain disease, Alzheimer’s, is considered difficult to diagnose. For one thing, it comes on gradually in most cases and initially has no physical symptoms like pain or trouble moving around. Doctors usually first hear that a person has some problems with short term memory. Not much happens until that gets worse. Then, they rely on what the patient says, sometimes what family says, and referral to a neurologist for further examination. They don’t make a diagnosis without more data in most cases. If memory problems persist, they can reach a conclusion that it’s Alzheimer’s or other dementia by process of elimination.

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