Researchers say elevated p-tau217 levels in older women were strongly linked to future dementia, raising hopes for earlier ...

A decline in brain function interfering with daily living isn’t a normal part of aging. Dementia is on the rise, more than ...

Experts in the US found that higher levels of a protein called p-tau217 were an accurate predictor of people developing ...

Dementia is expected to proliferate along with the super elderly. So health practitioners are focused on screening for it.

The outcome of the study revealed other interesting associations, too.

Researchers say a simple blood test could help flag which older women face a higher risk of dementia long before any symptoms ...

The blood biomarker p-tau217 has "shown the most promise in detecting Alzheimer's in the brain," researchers of a new study say.

A blood test can predict the risk of dementia in women up to 25 years before symptoms appear, researchers say. Experts in the ...

(fotostorm/E+/Getty Images) Diagnostic tests are continuing to get better at spotting the earliest signs of dementia, and new ...

A blood test was able to predict the risk of dementia in women up to 25 years before symptoms appear, according to a new ...

Women with higher levels of p-tau217, a blood protein, were twice as likely to eventually develop dementia or mild cognitive impairment.

Scientists found that a blood protein called p tau217 may reveal dementia risk up to 25 years before symptoms appear.