Brain scans for Alzheimer’s could be widespread soon

Tuesday, June 7th, 2011

A brain scan to detect Alzheimer’s disease could be available in hospitals worldwide within the next year and could boost efforts to detect the degenerative and fatal condition, experts said on Monday.

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Alzheimers Test Predicts Disease Before Onset

Thursday, August 12th, 2010

Alzheimer’s researchers have developed a new test to detect the disease before symptoms start to show.

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Molecular imaging detects first signs of Alzheimer’s disease

Tuesday, June 8th, 2010

Research revealed at SNM’s 57th Annual Meeting is furthering efforts to use molecular imaging as a means of early detection of Alzheimer’s disease. Researchers are striving to detect the disease as early as possible by imaging the formation of a naturally-occurring protein in the brain called beta-amyloid, which is thought ... continue reading