Simple blood test may detect Alzheimer’s risk decades before symptoms: Study

Daijiworld Media Network – San Antonio

San Antonio, Nov 11: In a major medical breakthrough, scientists have found that a simple blood test could help detect the risk of Alzheimer’s disease long before symptoms appear. The study, published in the journal Neurology, was co-led by researchers at The Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases, UT Health San Antonio, and the New York University Grossman School of Medicine.

The research suggests that platelet activity — a measure of how blood cells clump together — could serve as an early warning sign for Alzheimer’s. “We believe that since platelets are easy to obtain in the blood, they could eventually become part of midlife screening to identify people at risk and apply preventive interventions targeting platelet