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A member asked:
What progress is there in diagnosis and treatment of brain disorders like alzheimer's and parkinson's?
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Improving accuracy: There are ongoing research projects to improve diagnotic accuracy such as pet scan, biomarkers and education. However for treaments, there are no cure. It is simply slow down the progression of symptoms.
Answered 5/7/2016
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Lots of research: There are vigorous efforts to understand these illnesses and we are making gains. It is not clear if there will be major breakthroughs soon though.
Answered 5/7/2016
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