There are very few effective treatments for dementia or Parkinson’s disease. Sadly, these conditions are often only diagnosed once symptoms appear, whereas the underlying brain degeneration may have begun years – even decades – earlier.
This means that by the time patients see a doctor, it may already be too late to alter the disease’s course.
But Cambridge scientists have shown it could be possible to spot signs of brain impairment in patients as early as nine years before they receive a diagnosis for dementia.
