Blood test for Alzheimer’s nearby

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Today we learn about a blood test in development that shows very positive signs of predicting Alzheimer’s. Although it is far from being ready at your local GP’s office, now there are ways to continue this development which will speed up the detection of this terrible disease.

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Alzheimer at 46

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Read today’s story about a woman, diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease already at age 46 and how she, in the past 11 years, has adapted her life and prepared for what is coming. She knows there is no cure but she does everything to prepare for excellent care.

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Sign of Alzheimer

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Cognitive decline, eventually leading to Alzheimer’s disease, can manifest itself in many different ways. One of the early signs may be changes in the way you walk.

In the Mayo Clinic study, researchers measured the stride length, cadence and velocity of more than 1,341 participants through a computerized gait instrument at two or more visits roughly 15 months apart. Those with lower cadence, velocity and length of stride experienced significantly larger declines in global cognition, memory and executive function.

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Alzheimer’s changes start 25 years early

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The first Alzheimer’s-related changes begin to develop some 25 years before memory and thinking problems appear, according to a new study that may offer a valuable guide for companies looking to test new treatments in people at an earlier stage.

The study, published on Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine, offers a timeline of changes in spinal fluid, brain size, the appearance of brain plaques and other factors that precede the onset of Alzheimer’s in people who are genetically predestined to develop the brain-wasting disease.

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