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TL;DR: A 2026 preprint in medRxiv reported that a urine beta-amyloid protein test kit separated mild cognitive impairment or Alzheimer’s disease from healthy controls in a multicenter Chinese sample, while a 51,187-person community screen showed age-related po…
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TL;DR: A 2026 medRxiv preprint found that older adults with Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA)-defined mild cognitive impairment had less coordinated pulse-wave responses during a cognitive challenge than cognitively intact older adults. Key Findings Communi…
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TL;DR: A 2026 medRxiv preprint found that specific AD8 dementia-screening items, especially judgment, repetition, finances, tool use, and daily memory problems, tracked functional and psychosocial vulnerability in 144 Chinese-speaking older adults. Key Finding…
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Blood Test Detects Alzheimer’s with 83% Accuracy TL;DR: A new blood test using three misfolded plasma proteins can identify Alzheimer’s disease with 83.44% accuracy, outperforming conventional biomarkers and offering a non-invasive screening tool years before…
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