
Part 2 | Eye Health and Brain Disease: What the Science Shows - Alaina Short O,D
Published: October 23, 2026
Duration: 30:56
Early detection of neurodegenerative disease can change everything and the eye may be one of the most powerful diagnostic tools available. In Part 2 of this conversation, Dr. Kerry Gelb and Dr. Alaina Short explore how eye doctors are identifying early signs of Parkinson's and Alzheimer's through practical in-office tools, including eye movement analysis, the clock drawing test, and emerging corneal nerve imaging technology that may one day provide an objective diagnosis of Parkinson's before symptoms begin.
Dr. Short also covers posterior cortical atrophy a rare Alzheimer's variant that affects visual processing in younger patients and explains how 60% of Parkinson's patients...