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The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show

Wellness Unmasked Weekly Update: Early Alzheimer's Detection and Vaccine Update

The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show

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Politics, Daily News, Society & Culture, News Commentary, News

4.311.1K Ratings

🗓️ 30 May 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

In this update, Dr. Nicole Saphier discusses the FDA's recent approval of a blood test for the early detection of Alzheimer's disease, emphasizing the importance of early intervention and lifestyle choices for brain health.

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Welcome back to Wellness Unmask with Dr. Nicole Sapphire, and this is your weekly rundown for this

1:04.6

week. A lot of big things happening at the FDA with new FDA Commissioner, Dr. Marty McCarrie.

1:10.0

And one of the big things to come out of the

1:11.7

FDA this week is a new FDA-approved blood test for the early detection of Alzheimer's. Now, this test was

1:18.4

actually able to be expedited in its approval because it is similar to an existing blood test on the market.

1:24.4

But what is different with this blood test is it's looking at the ratio between

1:28.7

the amyloid and the tau proteins. And this plasma ratio test is designed for the early detection

1:34.5

of amyloid plaques that are associated with Alzheimer's disease. The existing test on the market

1:39.8

is a blood test, but it was also needing to be used in conjunction with more expensive and invasive

1:45.9

methodologies like pet slash CT scans or lumbar punctures to look at spinal fluid. This blood test

1:52.3

is designed to be a standalone test. So if it is positive, the assumption can be that the patient

1:57.8

has Alzheimer's disease. Now, this is not being recommended as a screening

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