Parkinson's Disease Can Now Be Detected Through the Skin

Parkinson's Disease Can Now Be Detected Through the Skin(wsj.com)

18 points by jspann 2 years ago | 4 comments

bookofjoe 2 years ago |

https://www.wsj.com/health/parkinsons-disease-can-now-be-det...

Havoc 2 years ago |

What’s the easiest test available to the man on the street?

melling 2 years ago |

“The test accurately detected the abnormal alpha-synuclein protein in 93% of people who had already been diagnosed by their symptoms with Parkinson’s”

blamestross 2 years ago | |

Nifty very sensitive, but my sticky note that says "positive" is accurate 100% of the time when placed on people who have already been diagnosed with Parkinson's.

What's the specificity?