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Watch live: Getting a Diagnosis ASAP: Progress in Early Alzheimer’s Detection

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Watch live: Getting a Diagnosis ASAP: Progress in Early Alzheimer’s Detection

Until recently, a patient could not receive an Alzheimer’s diagnosis without an expensive scan or invasive procedure. Last year, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared two blood-based biomarker tests—or BBB—that require only a routine blood sample for use in diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease. This is an important step forward in Alzheimer’s care, but it won’t…

Originally reported by The Hill. Read the full story at the original source.