{"id":24205,"date":"2025-04-02T11:41:32","date_gmt":"2025-04-02T15:41:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=24205"},"modified":"2025-04-02T11:41:34","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T15:41:34","slug":"latest-alzheimers-lab-tests-focus-on-memory-loss-not-brain-plaques","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=24205","title":{"rendered":"Latest Alzheimer&#8217;s lab tests focus on memory loss, not brain plaques"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>(By Jon Hamilton for NPR)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When doctors suspect Alzheimer&#8217;s, they can order a blood test to learn whether a patient&#8217;s brain contains the sticky amyloid plaques that are a hallmark of the disease.  Continue reading <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/shots-health-news\/2025\/04\/02\/g-s1-57688\/alzheimers-blood-spinal-fluid-tests-memory-loss-brain-plaques\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/shots-health-news\/2025\/04\/02\/g-s1-57688\/alzheimers-blood-spinal-fluid-tests-memory-loss-brain-plaques\">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>\u00a0The 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) When doctors suspect Alzheimer&#8217;s, they can order a blood test to learn whether a patient&#8217;s<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,26,14],"tags":[116,1734,1735,94],"class_list":["post-24205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aging","category-alzheimersdementia","category-medical-technology","tag-alzheimers-disease","tag-brain-plaques","tag-memory-loss","tag-older-adults"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24205","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=24205"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24205\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24206,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24205\/revisions\/24206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}