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Search Results for "alzheimer's test"

7/28/2020

What you need to know about the Alzheimer’s test news

For years, substances called tau protein or beta-amyloid have been theorized to be signs or causes of Alzheimer’s disease.  There have been many reports of tests and treatments based on theories that tau and/or amyloid are at least signs, if not causes, of Alzheimer’s. Scientific uncertainty remains about the precise role of tau and amyloid […]

October 24, 2015 | News Release Review 4

Data-free news release’s unsubstantiated claims about “close” Alzheimer’s test

This news release says researchers are closing in – “nearing development” – of a blood test “that can accurately detect the presence of Alzheimer’s disease.” But not a shred of data or evidence is provided to back up any of those claims.

1 Star
American Osteopathic Association

Researchers close in on a blood test for Alzheimer's disease

7/8/2014

What does an 87% accurate Alzheimer’s test mean? Not much without positive predictive value.

What does it mean to say that a new test is 87% accurate? I think most journalists writing about a paper published in the journal Alzheimer’s & Dementia could not satisfactorily answer that question – about a statistic they repeatedly quoted in stories about that paper. The answer is:  Not much, if you don’t take […]

1 10/14/2013

News coverage of peanut butter Alzheimer’s test doesn’t stick

CBS News online actually asked whether a scoop of peanut butter and a ruler could become the “elusive”…”single..definitive test” that could determine whether a person has Alzheimer’s disease. I was away when this was published, but Ivan Oransky was all over it on MedPageToday.com.  Excerpts of his analysis: Reading CBS News’s headline, “Cheap Alzheimer’s Test […]

6 8/16/2010

UCLA MD says NYT Alzheimer’s test story was far worse than our review suggested

After four years and after publishing more than 1,100 stories on HealthNewsReview.org, we’ve probably only received a handful (fewer than 10) messages from people who felt we were too soft in our review of a story. But our review of a New York Times story on Alzheimer’s Disease was way too soft in the eyes […]

June 10, 2009 | Story Review

New Alzheimer’s Test: Could Quiz Give Faster Diagnosis?

Crucial information was missing in this story. What were the test results in the people without Alzheimer’s disease? What’s the sensitivity and specificity of the test? Does ABC even know to ask?

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Good Morning America

New Alzheimer’s Test: Could Quiz Give Faster Diagnosis?

October 15, 2007 | Story Review

Alzheimer’s test

Today researchers said they have developed a simple blood test that could help identify Alzheimer’s patients years before they have any major symptoms.

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CBS Evening News

Alzheimer’s test

November 28, 2018 | Story Review

USA Today provides rosy speculation about an Alzheimer’s vaccine not yet tested in humans

The story played up wishful conjecture about slashing dementia cases in half.

3 Star
USA Today

Researcher: Alzheimer's vaccine could cut dementia in half, human trials may be next

June 14, 2018 | News Release Review

No, an asthma drug tested in mice does not bring ‘new hope’ for Alzheimer’s patients, at least not yet

Use of use of words like “breakthrough” and a phrase suggesting the drug offers “new hope” for patients detract from the cautious aspects of this release.

1 Star
Temple University Health System

Temple researchers reverse cognitive impairments in mice with dementia

11/24/2017

Is Alzheimer’s ‘coming for you’? NY Times uses anecdote and an old blood test to warn it might be

There it was again: Another article touting “simple blood tests” together with an alarming headline about Alzheimer’s disease “coming for you.” I thought I’d missed something in the research news but no, an article in the Nov. 17 Sunday Review of The New York Times focused on ApoE4, a protein in the blood, discovered to […]

August 8, 2016 | News Release Review

News release on biochip blood test for Alzheimer’s risk oversells its practicality for patients

Release makes a case for genetic test’s speed and accuracy — but its utility is still in research, not clinical practice.

2 Star
 American Association for Clinical Chemistry

New Biochip-Based Blood Test Detects Elevated Risk for Alzheimer's Disease

July 22, 2015 | Story Review

Strong look at evidence underlying saliva test for Alzheimer’s

The tone of this story is appropriately calibrated to the preliminary nature of the evidence on offer, with good discussion of study limitations.

3 Star
Health Day

Could a Saliva Test Help Spot Alzheimer's?

July 22, 2015 | Story Review

Saliva test for Alzheimer’s? Bare-bones report misses a host of concerns

This was a weak, incomplete report about a preliminary study of a saliva test to identify Alzheimer’s disease.

1 Star
Time

Alzheimer’s May Show Up in Saliva

December 18, 2012 | Story Review 1

New test could help diagnose Alzheimer’s disease in live patients

This is one of the finest, most complete health care news stories we’ve reviewed in a long time.  The fact that its topic was a sensitive, confusing, controversial one adds to our appreciation of the journalism.

5 Star
The Philadelphia Inquirer

New test could help diagnose Alzheimer’s disease in live patients

April 18, 2012 | Story Review

Alzheimer’s: New test aids early diagnosis, but worth it to know?

This story never clearly explained what information is conveyed by a positive or negative test and how the result might be useful for decision-making in patients with cognitive impairment.

3 Star
Los Angeles Times

Alzheimer’s: New test aids early diagnosis, but worth it to know?

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