SCENE + HEARD: Daily Post Eye Exams Could Soon Reveal Your Alzheimer's Risk By Staff Tuesday, November 13, 2018 3:05 PM A routine eye exam may soon be able to detect your risk of Alzheimer's disease. That bold claim is supported by a flurry of recent research and $30 million from Bill Gates and others to develop a reliable and affordable test for Alzheimer's. "We need a better way of diagnosing Alzheimer's—like a simple blood test or eye exam—before we're able to slow the progression of the disease," Gates said in announcing the investment in July. In October, an Alzheimer's eye test took a step toward reality when a Toronto start-up licensed University of Minnesota research to develop a tool to spot early signs of Alzheimer's disease in a patient's eyes. Read more about it in this story from All About Vision.