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Woman who can ‘smell Parkinson’s’ helps scientists come up with breakthrough diagnostic test | UK News
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A woman who could “smell Parkinson’s” has helped scientists come up with a test which spots the disease. The test has been years in the making after academics realised Joy Milne could smell the illness. The 72-year-old from Perth, Scotland, has a rare condition which gives her a heightened sense of smell. She noticed her…
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Womb cancer: New test could cut diagnosis time and reduce need for invasive diagnostic procedures | Science & Tech News
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A pioneering womb cancer test could cut the time taken to diagnose women with the condition and reduce the need for more invasive diagnostic procedures. Research published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology found that low-cost PCR tests that took samples from the cervix or vagina were able to successfully detect womb cancer. Currently in…