Scans Plus Memory Test May Best Identify Alzheimer's

(MSNBC) UPDATED 2010-07-07

A combination of an imaging test with memory recall test appears to be the best predictor of Alzheimer's disease. For the study, researchers performed MRI scans on 85 people and found that those who scored poorly on both the brain scans and the episodic memory tests were 12 times more likely to develop Alzheimer's than people who scored normally on the tests.
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Scans Plus Memory Test May Best Identify Alzheimer's

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