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Making the Alzheimer’s Disease Diagnosis

by | Nov 5, 2024 | Brain, Brain, Mental, Dementia, Parkinson's disease

By Crystal Phend

Source Medpagetoday

“Medical Journeys” is a set of clinical resources reviewed by physicians, meant for the medical team as well as the patients they serve. Each episode of this journey through a disease state contains both a physician guide and a downloadable/printable patient resource. “Medical Journeys” chart a path each step of the way for physicians and patients and provide continual resources and support, as the caregiver team navigates the course of a disease.

For Alzheimer’s disease, early identification has been a long-sought goal. Not only does it allow individuals to make decisions about their future, but it enables them to start on disease-modifying medications to slow progression and opens up the potential for effective research.

However, no single test alone can define Alzheimer’s disease. Clinical assessment of symptoms must work together with objective testing to help rule out alternative diagnoses.

Read more https://www.medpagetoday.com/medical-journeys/alzheimers-disease/112667