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Max Little: A test for Parkinson’s with a phone call

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Parkinson’s disease affects 6.3 million people worldwide, causing weakness and tremors, but there's no objective way to detect it early on. Yet. Applied mathematician and TED Fellow Max Little is testing a simple, cheap tool that in trials is able to detect Parkinson's with 99 percent accuracy -- in a 30-second phone call.

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TEDTalks;TED;Talks;disease;global issues;innovation;math;medicine;science;technology;TEDGlobal 2012;2012

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