UW researcher says widespread testing for Alzheimer’s not yet valuable

"Just this year, researchers have mapped the entire genome in people with Alzheimer's disease," said Sterling Johnson, a professor and researcher for the Wisconsin Alzheimer's Disease Research Center within UW Health in Madison and the Madison VA Hospital. In most people with Alzheimer's, symptoms, such as memory loss and issues with problem-solving, confusion over time and place, vision/spatial issues and impaired reasoning or judgment, first appear after age 60, according to the National Institute on Aging, or NIA.

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