Teema: Aivojen arvoitukset | Tieteen Kuvalehti. Aivojumpalla muisti paremmaksi. Ten-minute Alzheimer's test to spot disease in earliest stages before brain is badly damaged. By Fiona Macrae Science Correspondent Published: 23:05 GMT, 21 May 2012 | Updated: 23:05 GMT, 21 May 2012 A ten-minute memory test that picks up Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia in their earliest stages is available for use in GPs’ surgeries from today. The test distinguishes between normal forgetfulness and the more dangerous memory lapses that can signal dementia.
Early diagnosis would allow patients to receive drug treatment when it would help them the most, letting them work and live independently for longer. Quick: A simple ten-minute test on a computer will effectively screen patients for early signs of Alzheimer's and allow faster treatment Barbara Sahakian, the Cambridge University professor who helped develop the CANTABmobile test, said that to catch people before the brain became too badly damaged, the computer program should be used to screen everyone over 65.
The quick test is designed to identify memory lapses that occur very early in the onset of dementia. Muistiliitto ry. Helsingin Alzheimer-yhdistys.