It would appear that a reliable blood test for Alzheimer's disease is even closer. This week's ALZforum described just such a test in an article, "Panel of Bloom Markers Signals Amyloid in the Brain." My takeaway from the article was that there are now several viable paths to a blood test for AD, and the protocols are in relatively late stages of development. In this latest article, the accuracy of the test seemed quite remarkable.
From the standpoint of most of us, we want to know whether or not we are developing AD. However, if you go looking for long term care insurance, the results of the test will likely determine whether not you can get it.
Researchers will also want to find pre-symptomatic people with "positive" test results. There is great interest in trying therapies on people in the very earliest stages of the disease. It's believed that is the time in which the developing disease is most vulnerable to intervention.
In my book, "Beating the Dementia Monster," I describe what has occurred since 2015 when I first knew I had memory problems. (You can find it on Amazon.com.) I have experienced remarkable improvement, and I’m certain that I can share valuable information with many others. In this second edition I continue my story to 2020 and provide greater understanding of how Alzheimer's advances and why what I did worked.
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