The Lumipulse blood test identifies the presence of amyloid plaques, a hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease that impairs normal brain function.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has awarded 510(k) clearance to Fujirebio’s Lumipulse G pTau 217/β-Amyloid 1-42 ...

The FDA has given marketing clearance to a blood test to help diagnose Alzheimer’s disease, making the test the first to get ...

Highlights: Artificial intelligence identifies hidden heart disease risk in routine bone scans Abdominal aortic calcification is a stronger fracture predictor than bone density Vascular health ...

DEXA scans are the gold standard test for assessing a patient’s bone mineral density (BMD), says Dr. Yoram Baum, a board-certified physician in nuclear medicine and assistant professor of ...

If all of these tests yield normal results, AL amyloidosis can be effectively ruled out and imaging can proceed. 1,6 The primary imaging modality is bone scintigraphy, specifically the technetium ...

Women 65 years and older should have a bone density scan to screen for osteoporosis, updated guidelines from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommend. Osteoporosis is often described as ...

The diagnosis of light chain amyloidosis still requires a biopsy, he added. Even though bone scans can be used to diagnose symptomatic ATTR-CM, serologic tests must be performed to identify the ...

[7] Multiple myeloma is present in approximately 10% of patients with AL amyloidosis, and leads to the classic findings of hypercalcemia, renal failure, anemia, and osteolytic bone lesions. [31, 32] ...

Multiple myeloma and amyloidosis begin the same ... You’ll also need other urine tests, bone marrow biopsies, and imaging tests (X-rays and scans). Once your doctor diagnoses multiple myeloma ...

Like MRI scans, PET scans can find plasmacytomas (tumors) that can’t be seen on regular x-rays, so they are helpful if a person has pain in a bone but the x-ray doesn't show anything. Amyloidosis ...