Blood tests may hold clues to pace of Alzheimer's disease progression

Wednesday, October 5, 2011 - 22:30 in Health & Medicine

Researchers say they may have found a way to predict how quickly patients with Alzheimer's disease will lose cognitive function by looking at ratios of two fatty compounds in their blood. The finding, they say, could provide useful information to families and caregivers, and might also suggest treatment targets for this heartbreaking and incurable neurodegenerative disorder.

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