Tuesday, April 21, 2015

Dogs Trained to Sniff Out Cancer in Humans

Two German shepherds have been trained to detect prostate cancer with 90 percent accuracy, according to researchers in Italy....
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News: Dogs Trained to Sniff Out Cancer in Humans
Two German shepherds have been trained to detect prostate cancer with 90 percent accuracy, according to researchers in Italy.

The animals' unbelievable sense of smell can smell less than a drop of scent out of an entire Olympic-sized pool of water, and many severe illnesses actually have quite distinctive odors - in this case, volatile compounds found in the urine. But prostate cancer isn't the only serious illness, or even the only cancer that dogs can help us detect. Read on for more surprising benefits of man's best friend.
Nicholas English
Content Manager of About.com Health
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