A smartphone app to help detect a form of Huntington 's disease has been developed at Lithuania ’s Kaunas University of Technology . Tasks are designed to evaluate cognitive and motor skills and can also help to detect other conditions such as Parkinson 's , Alzheimer 's or dementia . The app , developed in co - operation with the Huntington 's Disease Association , tells users to seek medical advice if symptoms are present . ### Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! About 20,000 people in Europe have been diagnosed with the disease that has almost no visible symptoms . Researchers believe early detection can give a sufferer up to 16 years of healthy life .
A smartphone app to help detect a form of Huntington 's disease has been developed at Lithuania ’s Kaunas University of Technology . Tasks are designed to evaluate cognitive and motor skills and can also help to detect other conditions such as Parkinson 's , Alzheimer 's or dementia . The app , developed in co - operation with the Huntington 's Disease Association , tells users to seek medical advice if symptoms are present . About 20,000 people in Europe have been diagnosed with the disease that has almost no visible symptoms . Researchers believe early detection can give a sufferer up to 16 years of healthy life .