A new test may get to the heart of your dementia risk several years before any symptoms emerge. Dementia, which affects over 6 million Americans, impacts memory, language and problem-solving skills.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently cleared a blood test that detects signs of Alzheimer's disease in the brain, according to multiple studies. This is the first-ever blood test ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Roche's Elecsys pTau181 test is the second blood-based biomarker test to receive FDA clearance for Alzheimer’s disease this year. ...

A new blood test that could help doctors identify whether a patient has Alzheimer’s disease was cleared by the FDA last week. The diagnostic tool, the Elecsys pTau 181 plasma test, is developed by ...

The test may make it easier to identify whether people with memory and thinking problems have Alzheimer’s or not. By Pam Belluck A blood test that can help diagnose Alzheimer’s disease has received ...