This article by the University of Utah talks about a badly needed change in the way Alzheimer’s is diagnosed. The author points out that current guidelines are quite out of date:

In a commentary on proposed new diagnostic criteria published in the same issue, Foster writes that advances in imaging technology and genetics, combined with greater understanding of the disease, now make it possible to identify Alzheimer’s even before dementia develops. Dementia is a symptom, and Alzheimer’s disease is only one of the many causes of dementia.

Posted by on 09.04.2007 • Alzheimers Health News