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Article: Blood test can now detect Alzheimer's
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- The Hindustan Times
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- July 24, 2006
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London, July 24 -- Scientists in the UK have developed a blood test to detect Alzheimer's, which is 90 per cent accurate, and is expected to start trials by the end of the year.
The breakthrough will enable the doctors to diagnose the disease before any symptoms appear, allowing an early treatment.
Till now doctors have generally relied on a patient complaining of a failing memory to detect Alzheimer's, but the new blood test will now enable them to diagnose the disease before any symptoms appear, allowing for an earlier treatment.
"An accurate blood test for Alzheimer's would be a ...