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Having trouble? Click here. With nearly seven million Americans currently living with Alzheimer’s disease — and 13 million projected to have the illness by 2050 — early diagnosis and treatment are more urgent than ever. To help address this, Mayo Clinic has announced a new, non-invasive blood test that detects a protein in the brain that signals Alzheimer’s.
The goal, doctors say, is for this test to offer a convenient, less invasive alternative to traditional diagnostic methods. ‘REVERSING’ ALZHEIMER’S: HERE ARE EXERCISES TO MAKE THE BRAIN MORE RESILIENT Fox News Digital spoke to Dr. Alicia Algeciras-Schimnich, professor of laboratory medicine and pathology at Mayo Clinic Rochester in Minnesota , about the new test and what it means for Alzheimer’s patients and their familie.
