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Primary care physicians were able to more accurately diagnose Alzheimer’s disease after a simple blood test, according to research presented at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference 2026. Sebastian Palmqvist, MD, PhD, neurologist at Lund University in Sweden, and colleagues examined diagnostic accuracy rates among PCPs and dementia experts when it came to using
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