Gran Hazel
In our house, the family usually knew first. My mother said you could see it in the eyes before anyone said the word. The diagnosis came later, sometimes years later.
The TGA has approved a blood test for Alzheimer's called pTau217, for clinical trials for now. Results take 18 minutes. NeuRA researchers say it's over 90 per cent accurate and could pick up signs 20 years before symptoms. Doctors may be able to refer patients within six to nine months. One advocate described her partner needing a lumbar puncture to get an answer.
A woman living with dementia called her diagnosis "exhausting and demoralising".
So here's my question, and I'll ask it twice. If you could know twenty years early, would you want to? But why, really?
Talk to your GP or health professional about your own body.
Source: ABC News, 2026-07-30
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