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AuntMinnie
OCTOBER 9, 2023
Alzheimer’s disease patients with cognitive impairment or dementia who were referred for amyloid PET scans had fewer hospitalizations compared with a matched control group, according to a study published October 9 in JAMA Neurology. Each participant was matched to a control Medicare beneficiary who had not undergone amyloid PET.
AuntMinnie
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
National Institutes of Health (NIH) has highlighted a study that shows cardiac PET scans can help identify people at risk for Parkinson’s disease and Lewy body dementia. Significantly, the research supports a “body first” progression model for the diseases, the researchers suggested. “We
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AuntMinnie
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
F-18 florbetaben PET scans for diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease can be reduced from 20 minutes to five minutes without losing accuracy, according to a recent study. Our findings suggest that shorter scan times are a viable and effective option for brain amyloid PET imaging in clinical settings,” the group wrote.
AuntMinnie
JANUARY 30, 2024
MRI is the imaging gold standard for diagnosis, yet identifying the disease using this method remains challenging, the researchers wrote. In all three cases, gadolinium-enhanced MRI scans did not show abnormalities. F-18 FDG-PET and MRI scans of three patients. In our outpatient clinic follow-up (2 to 2.5
AuntMinnie
OCTOBER 27, 2023
Patients with less tau pathology on PET scans may respond better to treatment with the new Alzheimer’s disease drug donanemab, according to an October 25 news report in the journal Practical Neurology. Donanemab is a monoclonal antibody designed to bind to beta-amyloid protein that already has formed into plaque deposits.
AuntMinnie
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
PET imaging using a newly developed radiotracer has identified different patterns of brain tau pathology over time in early-onset versus late-onset Alzheimer’s disease patients, according to a study published February 1 in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine. in 15 patients with negative amyloid PET scans; 1.18 in
AuntMinnie
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
Chinese clinicians have provided evidence in a “real-world study” that shows amyloid PET imaging is effective for diagnosing and managing patients with Alzheimer’s disease, according to a study published February 8 in Alzheimer’s and Dementia. in 2012. “The
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