Eufrosina Young, MD, is a clinical neurophysiologist, a neurologist who specializes in treating disorders of the nervous system and the electrical aspects of the brain. She directs the ALS Center at Upstate.
Home tests for breathing capacity work well for many ALS patients, streamline their care
Like most medical offices during the pandemic, providers in Upstate’s ALS Research and Treatment Center had to adapt the way they cared for their patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. Eufrosina Young, MD, tells about handheld spirometers, devices that patients were able to use to test their breathing capacity, while at home and that now have become a routine option. Young is a clinical neurophysiologist who directs the ALS Center at Upstate.
