Detect Alzheimer’s with an Eye Test

With research we keep hearing of new and improved ways of diagnosing health concerns and illnesses. Honor Whiteman has published information on yet another big concern around the world, Alzheimer’s. Wouldn’t it be great if something as simple as an optical imaging system could detect this horrible and debilitating disease?

Researchers have revealed how a noninvasive, high-resolution imaging technique was able to detect beta-amyloid plaques in the retinas of patients with Alzheimer’s disease. The co-author of the study is Maya Koronyo-Hamaoui, Ph.D., of the Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles, CA. She and her …read more