Senior Housing News August 7, 2024
Questions have swirled around the effectiveness of new blood tests for Alzheimer’s disease. According to a new study, such tests are usually sufficiently accurate to diagnose the disease.
A team of researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis analyzed and compared the accuracy of six blood tests, four of which are currently available. Central to testing the efficacy was detecting the presence of amyloid plaques in the brain.
The analysis found that some tests are accurate enough to replace invasive spinal tap procedures and brain scans for many patients with cognitive impairment. In fact, blood tests were able to correctly detect Alzheimer’s in patients with memory problems 90% of the time.
The comparison project was launched...
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