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This finger test is everywhere - but should you trust it?

Australia dismissed for 152 before skittling England for 110 and surviving a single second-innings over on a frenetic Boxing Day at the MCG Thanks for following along on a frenetic day one of the ...

The trial seeks to find an easier and less expensive way to detect a disease that affects 1 in 9 people over the age of 65.

There are indications that a simple finger-prick blood test could, in the future, detect Alzheimer's disease long before the ...

A finger-prick blood test that can be mailed to a lab may offer a simpler way to detect the brain changes linked to Alzheimer’s disease, according to a new study.

More than a third of Brits with dementia are undiagnosed A FINGER-PRICK blood test that you carry out yourself could one day diagnose Alzheimer’s disease. Experiments suggest the simple check is 86 ...

Alzheimer’s disease affects millions worldwide—but confirming a diagnosis is far from simple. Doctors currently rely on costly brain scans or invasive spinal fluid tests to identify the ...

Dried blood spot technology may make biomarker testing more accessible ...

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