‘Game Changer’: Simple Eye Scan May Detect Alzheimer’s Earlier, Study Finds

www.studyfinds.org ^ | March 12, 2019 | Staff

[spudville]

What am I missing here? Do they have a cure or treatment for Alzheimers if treated early?

[rjsimmon]

Looks more like a vascular degeneration measurement. Alzheimer’s is not the only affliction that involves vascular degeneration.

[LydiaLong]

What am I missing here? Do they have a cure or treatment for Alzheimers if treated early?
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Exactly. What’s the point? So you can be miserable for a longer time?

[Clutch Martin]

My wife’s eye doctor has a very sophisticated piece of equipment that makes very detailed digital images of the inner eye. And in one case he sent a patient directly to a hospital because of an impending stroke that he detected in one of those images. True story.

[Migraine]

You are right to query. There is nothing in the article to suggest that it would do any good to know ahead of time that you’re going to have Alzheimer’s. That, to me, would be worse than not knowing.

[ImpBill]

I am glad, by the posts so far, that I am not the only one with the same exact opinion.

Personally, since there is no cure, I would much prefer not knowing while the cognitive process is still going on. Being just south of 73 years old the occasional thought/worry that I might even someday contract Alzheimer’s is quite enough, thank you.

Knowing I have it before the effects start showing would just make me morbid every waking second.

[ThePatriotsFlag]

So you scan and you detect it. Then what do you do? How is this helpful, there is no cure.

[Red Badger]

There are newer drugs that have been able to slow the progress............

[petro45acp]

Without a cure, this simply gets folks into treatment $tatu$ sooner.

Like much of the a la cart medical testing, earlier detection means longer treatment time.

Much more lucrative than a cure......

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KYPD

[I cannot think of a name]

My millions of dollars of research has absolutely proved that breathing will always eventually lead to death.

Can I have some more research money now?

[mad_as_he$$]

One of the big problems with AZ is the slow and difficult process to diagnose.I know a couple that the wife swears the husband has AZ and no one else in their circle thinks he does. Causes a great deal of stress. A definitive test would stop or slow the talk down. Mostly I think he is just tired of listening to her

[Red Badger]

Only if you tell us it causes climate change.................

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Red Badger. That's nice, now it'll be possible to worry about it longer.

[aimhigh]

our eyes may be . . . Researchers . . say a simple eye scan may reveal . . Eye doctors . . could also be . . Changes . could indicate . . these changes may occur . . authors believe . . It is possible . . If we can . .

Pure hype, waiting for confirmation.

[mewzilla]

On a related note...

Could Alzheimer's Be a Reaction to Infection? A relatively new and still controversial theory suggests the disease could be triggered by pathogens

[mewzilla]

There are other forms of dementia in addition to Alzheimer’s. Here’s hoping the wife has hubby in to see a gerontologist for an eval.

[Bobibutu]

Cure? If you are in a 20’ hole and have a 5’ ladder, you aren’t coming out no matter what.

For early & moderate ALZ there is a proven way out.

The End of Alzheimer’s: The First Program to Prevent and Reverse Cognitive Decline Hardcover – August 22, 2017
by Dale Bredesen (Author)

https://www.amazon.com/End-Alzheimers-Program-Prevent-Cognitive/dp/0735216207?SubscriptionId=AKIAILSHYYTFIVPWUY6Q&tag=duckduckgo-osx-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=0735216207

[b4me]

plenty of natural ways to slow it down, enjoy more life. people can change outcomes if they know sooner AND choose to act accordingly.

[gogeo]

Whenever I hear about some incurable disease, I think of ulcers.