Blood test identifies women at risk from Alzheimer's

Courtesy EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health  Thu, 11/05/2009 - 23:00

(University of Gothenburg) Middle-aged women with high levels of a specific amino acid in their blood are twice as likely to suffer from Alzheimer's many years later, reveals a thesis from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

This discovery this could lead to a new and simple way of determining who is at risk long before there are any signs of the illness.

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