Researchers say elevated p-tau217 levels in older women were strongly linked to future dementia, raising hopes for earlier ...

The outcome of the study revealed other interesting associations, too.

A groundbreaking blood test measuring tau protein levels could help predict dementia risk up to 25 years before symptoms ...

Researchers said: "Scientists now know that it begins many years before symptoms appear” ...

But here's why you likely won't be seeing it in your doctor's office anytime soon.

In A Nutshell Women who took a combination of estrogen and progestin showed a stronger link between elevated p-tau 217 and ...

A new blood test could determine a woman’s dementia risk as early as 25 years before symptoms emerge. That’s according to new research from the University of California San Diego, which found that a ...

Experts in the US found that higher levels of a protein called p-tau217 were an accurate predictor of people developing ...

Frontotemporal dementia (FTD), in particular, may be at play, and identifying ways to slow down its progression can help. In this article, Village Caregiving details what to expect with frontotemporal ...

Women are twice as likely to be affected by dementia ...

The blood biomarker p-tau217 has "shown the most promise in detecting Alzheimer's in the brain," researchers of a new study say.