Brain Check: New Tools Shift Brain Care Into Realm of Preventative Health
“When Vikram Bhaskaran discovered his father, Arun, had amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, he set out to learn everything he could about the neurodegenerative disease that rapidly causes nerve and muscle function to deteriorate.
Arun was in India at the time, and an appointment with a neurologist was hard to come by. When doctor appointments did happen, they were too short to answer all of Bhaskaran’s questions. So he spent hours searching for information on Google. With the deluge of data, he wasn’t sure what sources to believe. He thought there had to be a better way for patients and caregivers to get reliable information they could trust.
‘Most people living with these types of hard conditions really have nowhere to . . .'”