"Diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease can now be made when the patient first presents symptoms and still has largely preserved mental function," Christopher Rowe, MD, of Austin Health in Melbourne, said in a statement.
Date: Jun 12, 2012
Category: Health
Source: Google
Alzheimer's disease screening coming to a corner near you?
"For individuals who have already developed a measurable memory decline, a positive scan for amyloid is the most accurate predictor of progression to Alzheimer's disease," Dr. Christopher Rowe, the lead investigator of the Australian Imaging, Biomarkers and Lifestyle study, said in a news release. "