Prenatal screening for Down's syndrome

New guidelines for pre-natal screening for Down's syndrome recommend screening of all patient's for Down's syndrome-- this was earlier restricted by gynaecologists to only those mothers conceiving after the age of 35 years. Read about it on http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/550256?sssdmh=dm1.245214&src=top10#

Non-invasive accurate diagnosis in Alzheimer's disease

FDNNP-PET, FDG PET and MRI have shown that FDNNP PEt is the most accurate for diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease, binding to plaques and tangles. This is one of the most significant breakthroughs in neuro-imaging, because it enables us to evaluate AD non-invasively, whereas a confirmed diagnosis was earlier possible only using MRI as a screening tool with biopsy confirmation. Read all about it at http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/549894?sssdmh=dm1.245214&src=top10#