Incredible! 👃🏼
‘It was 12 years before he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s. We went to our first Parkinson’s meeting and when we returned home to Scotland. I said, “I think you should sit down, those Parkinson’s patients smell the same as you”.’She realised she had a unique sense of smell and has the ability to distinguish the difference between sebum, which is linked to the disease, and sweat.
Joy has been working with scientists and doctors to find a connection between the odour and the disease. In a new study by the University of Manchester, Joy successfully separated those with and without the condition based on the scent of oils wiped from their backs.Researchers have identified the molecules on the skin linked to the smell and hope it can lead to early detection.Parkinson’s is a progressive neurological condition and about 145,000 people have been diagnosed with the incurable disease in the UK.Dr Chris Steele, who joined Joy on the morning show said: ‘It’s absolutely fascinating.
Joy said she could also smell other diseases, revealing that Alzheimer’s patients initially smell of ‘sweet vanilla’, which eventually turned into a ‘dank, musky smell’.Got a story for Metro.co.uk?
United Kingdom Latest News, United Kingdom Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Anna Wintour may settle for less, but I've grown out of bad coffee | Hannah Jane ParkinsonI used to drink copious amounts of Starbucks, but that was when I drank lattes, or, as my friend calls them, giant cups of milk
Read more »
Prince Charles pays respects to revolutionary hero in landmark visit to CubaWithin an hour of touching down in Havana, the royal couple’s first official engagement was to lay a wreath at the monument to José Martí, who became a symbol of the country’s bid for independence against Spain in the nineteenth century.
Read more »
Scientists develop revolutionary 3D images of unborn baby's heartIt is hoped the technique can be used to discover how some babies go on to develop more severe forms of congenital heart disease.
Read more »
Woman who feels no pain doesn't notice burns until she smells burning fleshResearchers now say there could be more people than previously thought who experience little pain.
Read more »
Student, 26, who put up with 'death smell' makes horrifying discovery in showerSeren Gomez says the stench was like 'dirty water' and a 'food bin' before it got worse and she decided to investigate
Read more »
The insect apocalypse is upon us as research shows dramatic species declineScientists say the loss in biodiversity could have big implications
Read more »
Chester Zoo's baby elephant has killer disease - months after two other deathsWith Indali showing no outward signs of the virus, experts are hoping it has been detected at the earliest possible stage and she can be saved
Read more »
Teacher, 25, left with 'suicide disease' after botched operationAmy Pohl developed a condition that leaves in her constant excruciating pain which she described as 'like childbirth, but 24 hours a day'.
Read more »
Jacko planned to adopt Brit cattle with mad cow disease and keep them in parkODDBALL Michael Jackson once planned to open a ‘Heiferland’ ranch to save all British cattle struck down with mad cow disease, it’s been claimed. The billionaire pop star reported…
Read more »
Psychological trauma to dolphins being hunted for marine parks revealed in new research‘If you see what they are doing, it doesn’t take a PhD to say “this is inhumane”’
Read more »