Alzhiemer Dissease

Imaging Compound May Catch Early Alzheimer.

Wednesday, December 20, 2006 -- A new imaging technique could make it possible for doctors to detect Alzheimer’s disease in brain before extensive damage has taken place.

“I think this approach offers considerable promise for a brain test that might be used to detect who would benefit from future treatments,” said Dr. Gary Small, director of the Institute for Neuroscience at UCLA.

A study in the Dec. 21 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine details the use of an imaging molecule that literally stains the diseased brain tissue of it show up on Pet scans. They were able to distinguish people with normal brains form those with mild cognitive impairment and those with Alzheimer’s disease.

This is study group that I a took part in 2000 and ended in 2005. Maybe I was of some help in concurring this terrible disease. I was a patient who took two of the Pet scans. I also was on world wide TV with Dr. Small a couple of broadcasts.