{
  "id": 7797488,
  "title": "Social media spreading misleading claims about Alzheimer's blood tests",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/social-media-spreading-misleading-claims-about-alzheimers-blood-tests",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-16T13:20:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-social-media-alzheimer-blood.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Researchers are raising concerns about the promotion of Alzheimer's disease blood tests on social media, particularly posts making claims that do not align with current clinical recommendations. In the first published study of its kind, researchers from the University of Sydney analyzed 188 posts shared between March 2014 and May 2025 on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok about Alzheimer's blood…",
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  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Guardian Health",
        "title": "Researchers warn social media driving harmful misuse of Alzheimer’s blood tests",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/researchers-warn-social-media-driving-harmful-misuse-of-alzheimers",
        "published": "2026-09-15T12:30:43.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}