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From the NYT: Blood tests for predicting Alzheimers

dancsfo
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edited March 23 in I Am a Caregiver (General Topics)

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.

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  • SusanB-dil
    SusanB-dil Member Posts: 722
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    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)

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