{"id":16543,"date":"2020-07-29T09:03:46","date_gmt":"2020-07-29T13:03:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=16543"},"modified":"2020-07-29T09:03:46","modified_gmt":"2020-07-29T13:03:46","slug":"can-a-new-blood-tests-predict-alzheimers-20-years-before-cognitive-problems-appear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=16543","title":{"rendered":"Can a new blood tests predict Alzheimer&#8217;s 20 years before cognitive problems appear?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Alzheimer\u2019s Association finds nearly six million people in the United States have Alzheimer\u2019s and their ranks are expected to more than double by 2050. But a breakthrough in diagnosing Alzheimer\u2019s has just been announced at an international conference on this disease.\u00a0 This new blood test appears to very accurately detect and predict who has got Alzheimer\u2019s disease 20 years before cognitive problems appear.\u00a0 The blood test will make diagnosis simple, affordable and widely available and could speed the hunt for new Alzheimer\u2019s therapies and cheaper to screen patients for clinical trials. Read article <a href=\"https:\/\/newyork.cbslocal.com\/2020\/07\/28\/breakthrough-alzheimers-blood-test-may-make-diagnosis-simple-affordable-and-widely-available\/\">here\u2026.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_31506937alzheimers-dementia-memory-care.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7919\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_31506937alzheimers-dementia-memory-care-300x194.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_31506937alzheimers-dementia-memory-care-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_31506937alzheimers-dementia-memory-care-768x497.jpg 768w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_31506937alzheimers-dementia-memory-care-1024x663.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre><strong>Notice:<\/strong> The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Alzheimer\u2019s Association finds nearly six million people in the United States have Alzheimer\u2019s and their ranks are expected to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alzheimersdementia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16543"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16543\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16544,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16543\/revisions\/16544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}