New blood signature analysis may help diagnose Parkinson’s disease earlier
Monday, April 6, 2015 - 08:30
in Health & Medicine
A new blood test may more accurately identify blood signatures, or biomarkers, for Parkinson's disease (PD), according to a new study. While biomarkers -- such as bad cholesterol level in the case of heart disease -- hasten diagnoses by offering accurate measures of disease progression, there are currently no fully validated biomarkers for PD.