Researchers recently reported that a spinal fluid test can be 100 percent accurate in determining patients with substantial memory loss who will develop the dreaded disease known as Alzheimer’s.
The study appeared in the Archives of Neurology and is one of the many recent amazing findings concerning Alzheimer’s. Researchers are optimistic that being able to detect this disease early will usher in drugs that could slow or even stop the disease.
The study consisted of more than 300 patients who were in their 70s, 114 who had normal memories, 200 with some memory problems and 102 with Alzheimer’s disease.
Almost every person with Alzheimer’s had characteristic spinal fluid protein levels. About three fourths of the people with slight cognitive impairment, which is a memory restriction that can lead to Alzheimer’s, had Alzheimer’s-like spinal fluid proteins. Unfortunately, all of the patients who had the proteins, developed Alzheimer’s within five years.
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