A blood test can predict the risk of dementia in women up to 25 years before symptoms appear, researchers say. Experts in the US found that higher levels of a protein called p-tau217 – which is linked ...

A new blood test could determine a woman’s dementia risk as early as 25 years before symptoms emerge. That’s according to new research from the University of California San Diego, which found that a ...

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A new blood test could determine a woman’s dementia risk as early as 25 years before symptoms emerge. That’s according to new research from the University of California San Diego, which found that a ...

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

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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.