A road-killed deer recently tested positive for a deadly disease in Wayne County, suggesting an eastern expansion of the fatal illness. Wayne County was added to a list of now 20 counties where ...

A pioneering study indicates that Alzheimer’s disease is considerably more widespread among individuals over 85 than previously believed. The research also found that over one in ten people aged 70 ...

Researchers at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center have developed a way to diagnose Lyme disease earlier and more accurately than traditional testing methods. Over the past 30 years, Lyme disease has ...

The new blood test for Alzheimer's can rule out the need for PET scans and other forms of imaging in some cases. Diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease is a difficult procedure, but the Food and Drug ...

On a random October day in 2023, my dad’s brain just stopped working. A year later, he was gone — taken by a disease so rare that most doctors never see a single case: Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease. If ...

Last month, The US Food and Drug Administration approved a new blood test for assisting the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease. Produced by Roche, Elecsys pTau181 measures the concentration of a ...

Chronic Wasting Disease affects deer, elk, and similar species and has no known cure or vaccine. Officials advise against consuming meat from deer that appear sick or test positive for the disease.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has cleared another blood test that could help doctors identify whether a patient's memory problems are likely caused by Alzheimer's disease. The new test, called ...

The US Food and Drug Administration has given clearance to another blood test to help assess Alzheimer's disease and other causes of cognitive decline, providing a broader understanding of when the ...

FDA cleared the Elecsys pTau181 test as the first blood-based biomarker to aid in the initial assessment of Alzheimer's disease and other causes of cognitive decline that can be used in the primary ...