Latest Alzheimer’s lab tests focus on memory loss, not brain plaques

(By Jon Hamilton for NPR)

When doctors suspect Alzheimer’s, they can order a blood test to learn whether a patient’s brain contains the sticky amyloid plaques that are a hallmark of the disease. Continue reading here…

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