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An early warning test for Alzheimer’s that can be taken online in 15 minutes has been developed by British scientists.
It can spot signs of the debilitating brain disease in people as young as 50.
It can spot signs of the debilitating brain disease in people as young as 50.
The computer-based interactive quiz provides an instant result and could help delay or prevent the condition by advising simple diet and lifestyle changes.
Experts say that delaying the onset of Alzheimer’s by five years could halve the number who die with the condition, currently a third of over-65s. This has led scientists around the world to try to create blood and other tests that spot the disease early.
But most are still in the early stages of development and none, other than the new Cognitive Function Test, which has been devised by Oxford University scientists, can be taken online in the comfort of a person’s own home.
This is likely to make it popular with those who fear their memory is failing but are too embarrassed to discuss their worries with their doctor.
The test, which is free to take, follows a landmark Oxford University study published last year which credits a simple vitamin pill with cutting brain shrinkage linked to Alzheimer’s by up to 500 per cent.
The tablet, which costs as little as 10p a day and is made up of three vitamin B supplements, was described as the ‘first glimmer of hope’ in the battle to find a drug that slows or stops the development of the devastating disease.
The study showed the vitamin cocktail to be most effective when taken early. But because apparently healthy people have no way of telling if they are among those who could benefit from the vitamin B memory boost, the Oxford research team created the test.
It measures mild cognitive impairment – or the slight memory lapses that can be a precursor to Alzheimer’s – which affects one in six aged 70-plus, or 1.5million Britons. Half will develop dementia within five years of diagnosis. Read more: dailymail.co.uk
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