FDA Approves GE’s DaTscan to Detect Dementia with Lewy Bodies

FDA Approves GE's DaTscan to Detect Dementia with Lewy Bodies

GE Healthcare announced on November 3 that patients suspected of having Dementia with Lewy Bodies (DLB) now have new FDA-approved imaging options to diagnose DLB definitely. This kind of dementia is sometimes called LBD or Lewy Body Dementia. GE’s DaTscan (ioflupane I 123) has been used to confirm a diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease in over…

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Study finds Amyloid Blood Tests for May Cut Need for PET in Half

Study finds Amyloid Blood Tests for May Cut Need for PET in Half

Study authors suggest that the positive result of using the blood test methods may lead to faster clinical trial recruitment. A recent study by authors Ashvini Keshavan, Josef Pannee, et al. aimed to evaluate population-based blood screening for preclinical Alzheimer’s disease in a British birth cohort at age 70. Alzheimer’s disease affects more than 5…

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