Clues to Parkinson's and Alzheimer's From How You Use Your Computer

The research is part of a trend sweeping health care: the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to help better diagnose and treat patients. The goal is to capture information by monitoring their everyday movements and behaviors. This could yield insights never possible in a pre-digital age. It also, in the case of commercial companies, raises questions about how best to protect the privacy of research subjects. AI gives researchers a chance to get much more real-time information on how people function, says Jeffrey Kaye, director of the Oregon Center for Aging and Technology, part of Oregon Health & Science University.