Early and accurate diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease remains crucial, especially with recent breakthroughs in treatments for its earliest stages. Current tests for Alzheimer’s involve brain scans known ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new federally approved blood test for diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease has been validated by researchers at Jacksonville’s Mayo ...

With nearly seven million Americans currently living with Alzheimer’s disease — and 13 million projected to have the illness by 2050 — early diagnosis and treatment are more urgent than ever. To help ...

The FDA has approved the marketing of a new blood test by Fujirebio. The biomarker test measures the ratio of tau and amyloid proteins in the blood of a person with symptoms of cognitive decline to ...

Six years after the fall of Theranos, companies are again exploring innovation in blood testing. The medical community is reacting with cautious optimism. Six years after the fall of Theranos, ...

A new kind of blood test promises to find cancer early—sometimes even before symptoms appear. The pitch is compelling: a single sample of blood could scan the body for dozens of different cancers at ...

Mayo Clinic researchers validated a new FDA-approved blood test for Alzheimer’s disease, offering a less invasive and more affordable alternative to PET scans and spinal taps. The study, involving ...