A blood test demonstrated high accuracy for detecting Alzheimer’s disease among people with cognitive symptoms, according to a study presented at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference ...

Scientists discovered that certain blood proteins linked to brain injury and inflammation strongly correlate with early signs ...

For years, Alzheimer’s could only be confirmed after death. Later, spinal taps and costly brain scans became the standard for ...

By analyzing blood biomarkers in more than 5,700 Hispanic and Latino adults, researchers at UC San Diego identified proteins tied to memory loss and cognitive decline, even in otherwise healthy ...

Second to an effective treatment for Alzheimer’s disease, a blood test for amyloid plaques and tau tangles lurking in the brain has been one of the field’s most urgent needs. And in recent years, it ...

At first glance, it looks like any other blood test: a vial drawn from your arm, sealed, labelled, sent off to a lab. But what it can reveal could be life-changing. Instead of measuring cholesterol or ...

Routine blood samples, such as those taken daily at any hospital and tracked over time, could help predict the severity of an injury and even provide insights into mortality after spinal cord damage, ...