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Reminds me of this, regarding a woman who (allegedly) can smell Parkinson's: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/301485.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.co
by ergothus 11y ago
Reminds me of this, regarding a woman who (allegedly) can smell Parkinson's:
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/301485.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/301485.php
While I know of no reason to dismiss these out of hand, I'd also be more comfortable seeing them discussed in more depth. Can anyone with actual medical knowledge speak up?
- swsieber 11y agoRelevant HN thread about that story: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10434974 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10434974 It's has comments definitely worth rereading in light of this story.
- jleader 11y agoThere's a slightly longer press release about the Alzheimers findings at http://www.monell.org/news/news_releases/alzheimers_disease_odor; http://www.monell.org/news/news_releases/alzheimers_disease_... searching for the co-authors' names led to what appears to be the paper: http://www.nature.com/articles/srep19495 http://www.nature.com/articles/srep19495 "Volatile metabalome" sounds so much more scholarly than "pee smell"!
- chuckledog 11y agoFixed link: http://www.monell.org/news/news_releases/alzheimers_disease_odor http://www.monell.org/news/news_releases/alzheimers_disease_...
- cmarschner 11y agoOn a related note, dogs can be trained to detect (smell) cancer cells from patients' breath. Looks like McCoys medical tricorder should have a nose.