Health experts reflect on new FDA-approved Alzheimer's blood test

For the first time in decades, researchers said they are making progress in the fight against Alzheimer's.

June is Alzheimer's Awareness Month, putting a spotlight on a disease that shakes the lives of countless families across the state. Data shows over 130,000 Missourians currently suffer from Alzheimer's or related dementia.

After decades of failed trials, MU Health Care neurologist Dr. David Beversdorf said researchers have recorded several recent breakthroughs.

"Let's put it this way, it's been 25 years of nothing," Beversdorf said. "We're starting to turn a corner on this disease."

According to Beversdorf, over the last year health professionals have introduced several successful drugs to help treat the disease, along with an innovative new blood test. Approved by the FDA, the te