Two Complementary Brain Scans Can Detect Alzheimer's Before It Happens

Two complementary brain scans can pick up Alzheimer's before it happens.

By Brad Kloza
Sep 19, 2006 5:00 AMDec 3, 2019 3:53 PM

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Whether it's misplacing your keys or forgetting a phone number, lots of people wonder when simple lapses in memory might be an early sign of Alzheimer's. Now researchers are working on software that might help predict who's really at risk.

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