http://www.newsweek.com/midlife-blood-test-cognitive-decline-predict-alzheimers-1854862 > Scientists may have found a way to detect Alzheimer's disease earlier: a simple, midlife blood test. > Researchers at the University of Michigan have made a connection between two blood biomarkers and cognitive function in middle-aged women. To reach these findings, published in the Journal of the Alzheimer's Association, the scientists analyzed these two biomarkers in 192 middle-aged women. They also tested their neurological function.