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She Can Smell Parkinson’s—Now Scientists Are Turning It Into a Skin Swab
Joy Milne knew something was wrong with her husband long before doctors did. It started with a change in his scent—a musky, ...
Woman Who Can Smell Parkinson's Disease Helping to Develop a Swab Test for Early Detection with Michael J. Fox's Foundation
Joy Milne claims to have first smelled Parkinson's disease on her late husband, Les, 17 years before he was diagnosed with it. The former nurse, 75, told UK-based newspaper The Telegraph that each ...
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Meet the Scottish woman who can smell Parkinson’s — people send her T-shirts hoping for a diagnosis
That’s an everyday reality for Joy Milne, a Scottish woman who claims she can sniff out the condition’s telltale scent long before the symptoms appear. The 75-year-old former nurse told The ...
The woman who could ‘smell’ Parkinson's revealed the ‘particular scent’ on her husband years before diagnosis
Joy Milne, a Scotswoman, possesses hyperosmia. This rare condition allows her to detect Parkinson's disease through smell.
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Woman Smelled Parkinson’s On Her Husband Years Before His Diagnosis
Joy Milne with a condition called hyperosmia (an abnormally sensitive sense of smell), helped detect Parkinson's in her ...
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Woman’s Rare Ability to ‘Smell’ Parkinson's Disease Helps Scientists In a Way Like Never Before
A few years after marrying her husband Les, Joy Milne noticed an unusual whiff coming from his body. The oddly “musty” odor was being emitted by his shoulders and from the back of his neck.