Forbes

Medicare Now Pays For A Common Alzheimer’s Test, But Is It Reliable?

WASHINGTON DC - JUNE 20, 2023 Jay Reinstein, who suffers from Alzheimer's, prepares to receive a PET scan at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, DC. (Photo by Michael Robinson Chávez ...

Are tau PET scans 'lighting up' too much of the brain in Alzheimer's disease?

Tau proteins play an important role in Alzheimer's disease. Tau helps to stabilize neurons in the brain, but in Alzheimer's disease, tau proteins can misfold and tangle inside neurons. These tangles ...
ABC News

When Are Imaging Diagnostics, Such As An MRI Or PET Scan, Used To Determine Whether I Have Alzheimer's Disease -- And How Accurate Are They?

Dr. Gary Small answers the question: 'MRI, PET Scan for Alzheimer's Diagnosis?' May 4, 2009 -- Question: When are imaging diagnostics, such as an MRI or PET scan, used to determine whether I have ...
Medscape

PET Scan at Diagnosis May Help to Predict Aneurysm Risk in Patients With Giant Cell Arteritis

PET scans may serve as both a diagnostic and prognostic tool in giant cell arteritis (GCA), according to a new study. In over 100 patients with GCA who underwent 18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) PET ...
STAT

Better access to amyloid-PET scans won’t reduce racial inequities in Alzheimer’s disease

At first glance, it might appear that better access to so-called amyloid-PET scans could compensate for some of the racial inequities in Alzheimer’s disease, as Linda Goler Blount called for in a ...