{"id":3364,"date":"2025-09-15T16:03:58","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T16:03:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/15\/simple-test-can-detect-alzheimers-years-in-advance\/"},"modified":"2025-09-15T16:04:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T16:04:00","slug":"simple-test-can-detect-alzheimers-years-in-advance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/15\/simple-test-can-detect-alzheimers-years-in-advance\/","title":{"rendered":"Simple test can detect Alzheimer&#039;s years in advance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>2025-09-15 16:03:58<\/b><br \/>\n<BR>A basic test could detect signs of Alzheimer&#8217;s disease years before diagnosis.<BR><br \/>\nFastball, a tool that scans the brainwaves of a patient, has shown for the first time that such a test could be carried out at home and reliably reveal signs of mild cognitive impairment (MCI), a condition that can sometimes lead to Alzheimer&#8217;s.<BR><br \/>\nResearchers at the University of Bath say that Fastball is a promising, simple and non-invasive method to check the memories of those with early signs of MCI without the need for a doctor or specialist.<BR><br \/>\nDr. George Stothart, a cognitive neuroscientist at the university, said: &#8220;We&#8217;re missing the first 10 to 20 years of Alzheimer&#8217;s with current diagnostic tools.<BR><br \/>\n&#8220;There&#8217;s an urgent need for accurate, practical tools to diagnose Alzheimer&#8217;s at scale. Fastball is cheap, portable and works in real-world settings.&#8221;<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Visit Bang Bizarre (main website) <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><script src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/xtbac.js\" data-video=\"\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2025-09-15 16:03:58 A basic test could detect signs of Alzheimer&#8217;s disease years before diagnosis. Fastball, a tool that scans the brainwaves of a patient, has shown for the first time&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2133,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bizarre"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3364"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3364\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3365,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3364\/revisions\/3365"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}