How feasible are eye tests to possibly detect for Alzheimer’s?

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By Dr. Peter Snyder Dr. Peter Snyder is a professor of Biomedical Sciences at the University of Rhode Island. He is currently researching retinal More...

" It’s much cheaper than PET imaging and it’s done in a way where people just, as part of their normal daily lives, go in for screenings when they go in for eye-glass testing, for example. We go to optometrists on a reasonably regular basis (1-3 years), so my hope is that these contacts, with an optometrist or ophthalmologist, could be the point of contact where we could screen many many people at a population level that’s affordable to screen for the disease as well. "

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