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New blood test shows great promise in the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease.

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A new blood test demonstrated remarkable promise in discriminating between persons with and without Alzheimer’s disease and in persons at known genetic risk may be able to detect the disease as early as 20 years before the onset of cognitive impairment, according to a large international study published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) and simultaneously presented at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference.

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That can only be a good thing apart from knowing that in 20 years time cognitive impairment takes a hold should you test positive. However on a positive note -there may be a cure in 20 years time!

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