{"id":7693,"date":"2017-08-06T05:00:40","date_gmt":"2017-08-06T09:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=7693"},"modified":"2017-08-04T08:59:48","modified_gmt":"2017-08-04T12:59:48","slug":"scientists-aim-for-better-cheaper-tests-for-alzheimers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=7693","title":{"rendered":"Scientists Aim For Better, Cheaper Tests For Alzheimer&#8217;s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Shirley S. Wang for NPR)<\/p>\n<p>Efforts to develop a treatment that stalls the memory-robbing devastation of Alzheimer&#8217;s disease have so far been unsuccessful, but scientists are making strides in another important area: the development of better tests to tell who has the condition. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/health-shots\/2017\/08\/04\/541393576\/scientists-aim-for-better-cheaper-tests-for-alzheimers\">Continue reading article here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3902\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"152\" height=\"55\" 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: 152px) 100vw, 152px\" \/><\/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>(By Shirley S. Wang for NPR) Efforts to develop a treatment that stalls the memory-robbing devastation of Alzheimer&#8217;s disease have<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aging","category-medical-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7693","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=7693"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7693\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7694,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7693\/revisions\/7694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}