WASHINGTON DC - JUNE 20, 2023 Jay Reinstein, who suffers from Alzheimer's, prepares to receive a PET scan at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, DC. (Photo by Michael Robinson Chávez ...

A new study study finds that brain swelling (ARIA-E) from Alzheimer's drugs identifies the regions where amyloid plaques are being cleared most effectively.

A new study used PET brain scans to predict cognitive decline based on the presence of amyloid and tau proteins in the brain in otherwise cognitively healthy individuals. The findings suggest that ...

Essentia Health in Duluth now has a new tool to help diagnose Alzheimer’s, and it’s the first of its kind in the Northland. The amyloid PET Scan machine helps detect signs of the plaques that build up ...

Amyloid PET scans provide in-vivo evidence of Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathology. However, due to their high cost and limited insurance coverage, they are not widely used in clinical settings outside ...

In amyloid PET, visual and quantitative reads are at odds 6 percent of the time. In some instances, regional accumulation might be to blame. People with discordant scans accumulated amyloid faster ...

ST. LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--New research finds that C₂N Diagnostics, LLC’s proprietary algorithm used in its PrecivityAD2 blood test, which is used by healthcare providers to determine Alzheimer’s ...

In 2020, as many as 5.8 million Americans were living with Alzheimer’s Disease (AD)—a number projected to nearly triple to 14 million people by 2060. 1 As changes in the brain can begin years before ...

A new study suggests that PET brain scans could help identify individuals at risk of cognitive decline, allowing them to receive earlier intervention. Reza Estakhrian/Getty Images In a recent study, ...