In 2017, an estimated 5.5 million Americans were suffering from Alzheimer’s disease. Of those individuals, roughly 200,000 are under the age of 65. Among American adults age 65 and up, one in 10 (approximately 5.3 million people) are fighting the symptoms of Alzheimer’s, a debilitating, degenerative, and ultimately incurable disease of the brain that causes memory loss and dementia.
Currently, Alzheimer’s disease is rarely diagnosed before memory loss and other symptoms appear, by which time the disease has already substantially progressed and brain damage is profound. However, a new test may be a game changer in the fight against Alzheimer’s disease, or at least perhaps help halt its progression.
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