Fitness Tracking Tech Could Be the New Best Way to Diagnose Alzheimer’s

Fitness Tracking Tech Could Be the New Best Way to Diagnose Alzheimer's

Alzheimer’s disease, the most common form of dementia seen in the elderly, is increasingly becoming a global healthcare challenge. There is still no cure, and therapies that slow symptom progression require early diagnosis to be effective. Now, an interdisciplinary team of German researchers has found that simple motion sensors can pick up the physical activity changes associated with the disease, and even diagnose Alzheimer’s more effectively than current methods.

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New Blood Test Could Definitively Diagnose Alzheimer’s Disease

New Blood Test Could Definitively Diagnose Alzheimer's Disease

We’re all painfully aware that there isn’t a cure for Alzheimer’s. There isn’t even a reliable way to diagnose it. But a new blood test, the first of its kind, indicates that we can hold out hope for a surefire diagnosis, one that might catch the disease earlier than the current battery of brain scans and cognitive tests.

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Brain Pacemakers Are Starting To Be Used To Fight Alzheimer’s Disease

Deep-brain stimulation— the practice of implanting a pacemaker-like shocker deep in the recesses of your dome—have been used for treating conditions like Parkinson’s or even depression, but now they’ve got a new mountain to climb: Alzheimer’s. More »