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She thought her husband smelled bad, but after she learned what the odor was, she discovered something shocking about him.

It all started one day when Joy Milne noticed that her husband smelled really bad when he came home from work. He took a shower, but the smell didn’t go away. He thought it was something from work, but the smell got stronger as time passed by. Joy was frustrated because she was the only one who could detect the scent, and she eventually got used to it.

Twelve years later, doctors said her husband had Parkinson's disease. When she went with him to a support group, in a room with all the Parkinson's patients, she smelled the same odor, but 10 times stronger. She realized she could smell Parkinson's disease, though she didn't know how.

She contacted researchers, but nobody believed her. Joy didn't give up, and the scientists finally tested her. They had her smell T-shirts from people with or without Parkinson's disease, and she made only one mistake. Nine months later, the healthy person she had identified with the smell was diagnosed with Parkinson's.

Thanks to Joy, scientists found molecules related to Parkinson's in the skin's oil. This discovery led to skin tests that can detect the disease with 95% accuracy, allowing for earlier treatment.

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References:

BBC News:
   • The woman who can smell Parkinson's diseas...  

TODAY News:
   • This Women Can Smell Parkinson's Disease |...  

The New York Times:
nytimes.com/2024/06/14/magazine/parkinsons-smell-disease-detection.html

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