A new portable test for dementia and Alzheimer’s disease could help spot cases sooner – helping patients to get treatments earlier, experts have said. Scientists in Bristol and Bath who are testing the device, known as Fastball EEG, have been awarded a £1.5 million funding boost by the National Institute for Health and Care Research.
Researchers from the universities of Bath and Bristol are to scale up the assessment of the test, which has been dubbed “simple but revolutionary”.
Dr George Stothart and Dr Liz Coulthard said that cases of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease are typically diagnosed years after the disease has progressed, and that diagnosing cases sooner would help people get treatments and interventions sooner. This, it is hoped, could slow the rate of decline.
