An App That Can Catch Early Signs Of Eye Disease In A Flash

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/10/07/766749474/an-app-that-can-catch-early-signs-of-eye-disease-in-a-flash

It’s hard for doctors to do a thorough eye exam on infants. They tend to wiggle around — the babies, that is, not the doctors.

But a new smartphone app takes advantage of parents’ fondness for snapping pictures of their children to look for signs that a child might be developing a serious eye disease.