[SpeakMouthWords]

The analogy I've heard for early detection of neurodegeneration is that it turns the condition from terminal to chronic. This is similar to how late detection of HIV usually means AIDS and death, now it means a manageable condition, but life.

Interestingly, there are a companies working on this from different angles. Here's one doing it with voice analysis: https://auralanalytics.com/

[bbmario]

How do I get one of these? Do I go to my doctor and tell him: Hey, grandfather had Parkinson’s so I want to double-check myself?

[dlanouette]

You would go to a neurologist. Preferably one that specializes in Parkinson's disease.

[boltzmannbrain]

> different angles

Yes, and your example of AuralAnalytics points out the two classes of angles:

1. Different modalities -- brain imaging, voice, eye movements, memory exams, etc*

2. Different diseases -- there are many similarities in underlying processes of neurodegen diseases, but there are many complexities that makes each one a unique, difficult to understand pathophysiology

*Etc is the exciting area, w/ startups still in stealth