Mental Health Information

“I could imagine maybe 20 or 30 years from now that when you go to see your primary care doctor, they take your blood and send it to check … to see if you have diabetes or high cholesterol, they also send it for an amyloid test,” she said. “If it’s positive, they start you on a medication that would prevent you from ever getting Alzheimer’s disease.”

Spectrometers have been around forever, so I don't understand why it should take that long to do this simple blood test.

My mom had Alzheimer's. My forgetfulness is starting to worry me. I forgot and left a pot on the stove last night, and when I came back in, the house was full of smoke. She used to do the same thing.