Researchers warn social media driving harmful misuse of Alzheimer’s blood tests

A person can test positive for the biological markers of Alzheimer’s disease but they may not ever go on to develop the clinical symptoms of dementia./Image Source A person can test positive for the biological markers of Alzheimer’s disease but they may not ever go on to develop the clinical symptoms of dementia./Image Source Alzheimer's Researchers warn social media driving harmful misuse of Alzheimer’s blood tests Exclusive: Screening if used alone risks leading people to believe they are inevitably going to develop dementia

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Prefer the Guardian on Google Researchers have warned that social media may be misleading healthy people into taking Alzheimer’s blood tests, causing severe anxiety over biological markers that may never actually cause dementia.