Diagnosing Alzheimer’s and Improving Clinical Practices
Georgianna, Dr. Khatib`s wife, had received an Alzheimer’s diagnosis in 2015 and started medication, but Reza’a skepticism led him to arrange consultations with Mount Sinai Hospital. PET scan and thorough neurological examinations determined that Georgie’s diagnosis was not accurate. Impaired blood flow rather than Alzheimer’s was her culprit, and a cardiac pacemaker was the remedy. Reza recognized that PET scanning would be prohibitively expensive for many patients, and one rarely covered by most medical insurance programs. And with over eight million Americans supposedly suffering from Alzheimer’s, might a significant number of those patients also be misdiagnosed and mistreated for what amounted to purely financial reasons? Reza arranged for a pilot project to be instituted through the Kane Center, University of Miami to conduct the required testing without charge. The study remains incomplete at this time but seems to be revealing that a substantial minority of patients do, in fact, have PET scans that are normal, and are very possibly free of Alzheimer’s. More results and analyses are needed – and perhaps a hard look at making accurate diagnostic methods affordable. The University of Miami with the collaboration of Mt.Saina Hospital will publish the result in a well-established neurological Magazine and the result will be accessible for the public.
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Georgianna, Dr. Khatib`s wife, had received an Alzheimer’s diagnosis in 2015 and started medication, but Reza’a skepticism led him to arrange consultations with Mount Sinai Hospital. PET scan and thorough neurological examinations determined that Georgie’s diagnosis was not accurate. Impaired blood flow rather than Alzheimer’s was her culprit, and a cardiac pacemaker was the remedy.
Reza recognized that PET scanning would be prohibitively expensive for many patients, and one rarely covered by most medical insurance programs. And with over eight million Americans supposedly suffering from Alzheimer’s, might a significant number of those patients also be misdiagnosed and mistreated for what amounted to purely financial reasons? Reza arranged for a pilot project to be instituted through the Kane Center, University of Miami to conduct the required testing without charge. The study remains incomplete at this time but seems to be revealing that a substantial minority of patients do, in fact, have PET scans that are normal, and are very possibly free of Alzheimer’s. More results and analyses are needed – and perhaps a hard look at making accurate diagnostic methods affordable. The University of Miami with the collaboration of Mt.Saina Hospital will publish the result in a well-established neurological Magazine and the result will be accessible for the public.