Sniffing Out Parkinson’s: Dogs May Hold the Key to Early Diagnosis
A recent UK study shows that our four‑legged friends can sniff out Parkinson’s disease long before the first tremor appears. In controlled double‑blind trials, a golden retriever named Bumper and a black lab called Peanut correctly identified skin‑swab samples from people with Parkinson’s with sensitivities of 70–80 percent and, impressively, ruled out healthy samples with up to 98 percent specificity. Dogs’ success hinges […]