Former nurse Joy Milne can smell Parkinson's disease. Joy Milne can smell Parkinson's disease and is working with University of Manchester researcher Perdita Barran on developing a swab test for early ...

Dogs really can be trained to smell Parkinson's disease, according to new research from the United Kingdom. In a double blind trial, a Golden Retriever and a Labrador were able to sniff out which skin ...

When you first hear that a woman in Scotland is able to smell Parkinson’s disease, it’s fair to be skeptical. But 72-year-old Joy Milne’s strange capacity for sniffing out illness is reportedly so ...

A simple skin swab based on the powers of 'super smellers' could detect devastating Parkinson's disease up to seven years before symptoms appear. Parkinson's is an incurable neurological condition ...

Trained dogs were able to detect Parkinson’s disease from skin swabs with up to 80% accuracy. This method could lead to a faster, non-invasive way to diagnose the disease earlier. Researchers hope it ...

A new blood test could reveal Parkinson’s diagnoses up to seven years before symptoms emerge. Researchers from University College London and University Medical Center Goettingen in Germany used ...

A woman who can smell Parkinson’s disease is using her hyperosmia — an enhanced sense of smell — to help diagnose the degenerative disease early as part of a study funded by the Michael J. Fox ...