UK Health Radio Medical News
Update - Alzheimer's blood test.
British scientists have reported
that they have made a major step forward in developing a blood test to predict
the onset of Alzheimer's disease.
Research
in more than 1,000 people has identified a set of proteins in the blood that
can predict the start of the dementia with 87% accuracy.
Although this is a break through
it will not be available from your doctor for a while yet. There will need to be more work done and any
treatment will have to be undertaken along with brain scans. But those in the know have hailed this as a
breakthrough. These are some of the
statistics on the condition that have been produced by the Alzheimer’s Society:
There are currently 800,000
people with dementia in the UK. There are over 17,000
younger people with dementia in the UK. There are over 25,000
people with dementia from black and minority ethnic groups in the UK. There will be over a
million people with dementia by 2021. Two thirds of people with
dementia are women. The proportion of people
with dementia doubles for every 5-year age group. One third of people over 95
have dementia. 60,000 deaths a year are
directly attributable to dementia. Delaying the onset of
dementia by 5 years would reduce deaths directly attributable to dementia by
30,000 a year. The financial cost of
dementia to the UK will be over £23 billion in 2021. There are 670,000 carers of
people with dementia in the UK Family carers of people
with dementia save the UK over £8 billion a year. 80% of people living in
care homes have a form of dementia or severe memory problems. Two thirds of people with
dementia live in the community while one third live in a care home. Only some 44% of people who
suffer with dementia in England Wales and Northern Ireland actually receive a
diagnosis.
Amanda Thomas
UK Health Radio Medical News
Update
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