The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first blood test to detect Alzheimer's disease in what federal officials called an "important step" toward diagnosing and treating the ...

May 21, 2025 First-of-its-kind Alzheimer's blood test made by Malvern company gets FDA clearance The test will help improve early detection of the disease — when treatment is more effective ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted approval for a first-of-its-kind blood test to help diagnose Alzheimer’s disease, which could help people begin treatment in the early ...

The first-ever blood test to detect Alzheimer’s disease has been cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). In a Friday press release, the agency announced its approval of the first ...

The FDA has cleared the first blood test to diagnose Alzheimer's which works by measuring the amount of pTau 217 and beta-amyloid 1-42 in plasma.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration cleared the first in vitro diagnostic device that tests blood to aid in diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease. It’s got quite the name. The Lumipulse G pTau217 ...

Alzheimer's affects an estimated 7.2 million people in the U.S. age 65 and over, with 74 percent of those patients aged 75 or older, according to the Alzheimer's Association 2025 Disease Facts and ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Friday it had cleared a new test to help diagnose adults with Alzheimer’s disease, the first diagnostic tool that uses a blood draw to check for ...

It's paving the way for new and more exciting treatments to come."The clinic's first patient to use the drug was Karen Heathcock of Lincoln."This is the best thing that's happened to me," she said ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved a new blood test for the early detection of Alzheimer's disease in patients beginning to show cognitive decline.

We're now closer to being able to diagnose the most common form of dementia with a simple test. The Food and Drug Administration on May 16 said it cleared the first blood test for Alzheimer's disease.