September 2023 Medical News Summary

JAMA Medical News Associate Managing Editor Kate Schweitzer and Lead Senior Staff Writer Rita Rubin discuss "First Alzheimer Disease Blood Test May Produce Many False-Positive Results, Study Finds." Related Content: First Alzheimer Disease Blood Test May Produce Many False-Positi ...  Show more

JAMA Medical News Director Jennifer Abbasi and Associate Managing Editor Kate Schweitzer discuss "PCOS is Now PMOS—Will a New Name Translate to Improved Clinical Care?" Related Content: PCOS Is Now PMOS—Will a New Name Translate to Improved Clinical Care? 

Dr. Rae Bacharach discusses the Neurology Today article, "Individuals Can Now Request a Blood Test for Alzheimer disease - Why Some Dementia Experts Are Wary". Show references: https://journals.lww.com/neurotodayonline/fulltext/2023/10190/individuals_can_now_request_a_blood_test_ ...  Show more

How is Alzheimer's diagnosed? Is there a new blood test for colon cancer? Is West Nile virus deadly? Is West Nile virus curable? How bad is COVID right now? Our guest is American Medical Association Vice President of Science, Medicine and Public Health, Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH. AM ...  Show more

Consumers can now get easy tests for Alzheimer’s. But these tests may not really help patients that much—yet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 

Dr. Greg Cooper talks with Dr. Joseph Therriault about the use of plasma biomarkers in diagnosing Alzheimer disease, emphasizing the importance of interpreting these biomarkers within the clinical context of the patient. Read the related article in Nature. Disclosures can be foun ...  Show more