From the NYT: Blood tests for predicting Alzheimers

dancsfo

NYT Article shared.

"Could a Blood Test Predict if You’ll Get Alzheimer’s?
The tests could help to improve dementia care, but scientists say there are still some caveats and unknowns."

There's a lot of nuance in this article. I think the main question for patients is: If you get a positive result, what do you do? It depends on many things.

SusanB-dil

This is always a 'would you want to know' question.

I am not sure. I think I would if more could be done if it was a positive result. As it stands now, it would be an 'oh crap' moment instead of 'let's treat it', which is not possible yet.

And in the meantime, doing what I can to mitigate the possibility. (yeah - note to self - I know, I need to exercise more)