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Default New Blood Test to Predict Alzheimer's, Dementia

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New Blood Test Can Predict Alzheimer’s, Mild Dementia
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March 9, 2014 – A blood test that can predict with 90 percent accuracy if a healthy person will develop mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or Alzheimer’s disease within three years has been discovered and validated by researchers at Georgetown and six other institutions.
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The article I read suggested it would be at least two years before the test would be generally available. Have you heard any differently? I wish I could be in the beta-test group.
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My guess is that it'll be a heck of a lot longer than 2 years.

Here's an interesting Audio programme with the lead author of the study, Howard Federoff.

http://www.sciencefriday.com/segment...zheimer-s.html

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Could a Blood Test Help Diagnose Alzheimer’s?
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Thanks so much, Lara!!

Talk about incomplete reporting ... this commentary surely changes the impression I got from the initial news report.
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