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Woman with rare ‘superpower’ who smelled husband’s disease 12 years early is now helping scientists develop test
A woman who was able to 'smell' her husband's disease 12 years before it developed is helping scientists develop new ways to ...
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Woman who can smell Parkinson's disease describes moment she realised her husband had it
Joy Milne told Sky's The UK Tonight With Sarah-Jane Mee about how her rare condition of hyperosmia, an incredibly sensitive sense of smell, helped her sniff out the disease in her late husband ...
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Woman reveals what Parkinson's disease 'smells' like after claiming she can detect it on other people
Her work captures the intersection of entertainment and real-world experiences. Joy Milne has an extremely rare condition known as hyperosmia, which is an incredibly sensitive sense of smell - a ...
Is it a superpower? Woman's nose detected a disease 12 years before doctors could. Know the science behind it
Joy Milne, a retired nurse from Scotland, discovered she could detect Parkinson’s disease by smell after noticing a musky ...
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50 Winnie The Pooh Quotes That Will Speak Directly To The Soul Of Your Inner Child
So here are 50 quotes from Winnie, Piglet, Tigger, Eeyore, Rabbit, and all of their other pals from the Hundred Acre Woods. 1 ...
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Joy Milne, the Woman Who Can Smell Parkinson’s
A woman smelling chemical. Credit: The Nose event at the Wellcome Trust / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 2.0 Joy Milne, a 72-year-old retired nurse from Scotland, has the unique ability to smell ...
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Woman who smelled her husband's Parkinson's helps scientists come up with diagnostic test
Joy Milne, 72, said her late husband, Les, "developed the smell when he was just coming up for 32". She told Sky News: "I kept saying to him, you're not showering properly. And he became quite ...
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‘I can smell Parkinson’s’: The woman whose nose is behind an astonishing medical breakthrough
Joy Milne’s life has changed immeasurably since the day she ambushed an eminent stem-cell biologist at a talk in Edinburgh, dumbfounding him by asking why smell wasn’t used to detect Parkinson ...
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You can smell when someone's sick—here's how
The curious case of a woman who can smell Parkinson’s reminds us our noses are our first defense against illness. What if you could smell Parkinson's disease? Joy Milne can: The Scottish woman ...
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She Can Smell Parkinson’s—Now Scientists Are Turning It Into a Skin Swab
Joy Milne’s unique talent emerged when her husband was diagnosed with Parkinson’s. Credit: Chris Watt/New Scientist. Joy Milne knew something was wrong with her husband long before doctors did.