As many as 5.3 million Americans are living with Alzheimer's disease. It destroys brain cells, causing memory loss and problems with thinking and behavior severe enough to affect work, lifelong ...

Alzheimer’s disease can be diagnosed by a simple blood test just as accurately as it can be done through painful lumbar punctures or expensive brain scans, according to scientists. A new study by a ...

Which is why, in part, the promise — and boom — of blood biomarkers testing has moved quickly in the past three to five years, researchers say. The FDA recently cleared two blood tests that detect ...

A pioneering study indicates that Alzheimer’s disease is considerably more widespread among individuals over 85 than previously believed. The research also found that over one in ten people aged 70 ...

Researchers report that a spinal fluid test can be 100 percent accurate in identifying patients with significant memory loss who are on their way to developing Alzheimer's disease. Although there has ...

‌Protein appears in nearly all body tissues, along with your enzymes, blood, and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). Healthy CSF has a low amount of protein.‌ If you show symptoms of an infection or nervous ...

Lewy body disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disease after Alzheimer's disease. A research group from Lund University has now shown that the disease can be detected before symptoms ...

BIDMC neurologists use the latest tests to accurately and quickly diagnose all types of neurological conditions. Learn more.

THURSDAY, April 3, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- An experimental blood test might be able to help doctors predict whether someone will recover their mobility following a spinal cord injury. The test looks ...

PITTSBURGH -- Talk about a spine-tingling sensation. At a recent Engineering Tissue Growth International Conference and Exposition, a spinal cord researcher shared exciting preliminary findings from ...