{"id":22311,"date":"2024-01-11T07:44:27","date_gmt":"2024-01-11T12:44:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=22311"},"modified":"2024-01-11T07:44:28","modified_gmt":"2024-01-11T12:44:28","slug":"blood-tests-can-help-diagnose-alzheimers-if-theyre-accurate-enough-not-all-are","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=22311","title":{"rendered":"Blood tests can help diagnose Alzheimer&#8217;s \u2014 if they&#8217;re accurate enough. Not all are"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>(By Jon Hamilton for NPR)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A new generation of blood tests is poised to change the way doctors determine whether patients with memory loss also have Alzheimer&#8217;s disease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tests detect substances in the blood that indicate the presence of sticky amyloid plaques in the brain \u2014 a hallmark of Alzheimer&#8217;s. So these tests have the potential to replace current diagnostic procedures, like costly PET scans and uncomfortable spinal taps.  Continue reading <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/health-shots\/2024\/01\/11\/1224043703\/alzheimers-disease-amyloid-blood-test-accuracy\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/health-shots\/2024\/01\/11\/1224043703\/alzheimers-disease-amyloid-blood-test-accuracy\">here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"54\" class=\"wp-image-3902\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png 152w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo-150x55.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Notice:<\/strong>&nbsp;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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Jon Hamilton for NPR) A new generation of blood tests is poised to change the way doctors determine whether<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,26,31,15],"tags":[116,773,1086,118,76,186,94],"class_list":["post-22311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aging","category-alzheimersdementia","category-fda","category-part-dprescription-drugs","tag-alzheimers-disease","tag-beta-amyloid-plaques","tag-blood-test","tag-dementia","tag-fda","tag-lecanemab-drug","tag-older-adults"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22311","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=22311"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22311\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22312,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22311\/revisions\/22312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}