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Trained dogs can detect the odor of Parkinson's disease.
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The overall discussions reflect a high level of agreement and enthusiasm, with posts emphasizing the dogs' remarkable scent-detection abilities and their potential to improve early diagnosis, exemplified by mentions of sensitivity percentages, accuracy exceeding 80%, and comparisons favoring this method over traditional tests or machine learning, demonstrating strong engagement and perceived impact.
Most discussions strongly support the research, with multiple posts emphasizing how impressive and promising the findings are.
Posts express high curiosity, highlighting excitement and potential applications, indicating strong engagement with the topic.
Discussions include references to specific details like sensitivity rates, training durations, and comparisons to other diagnostic methods, demonstrating deep involvement.
The posts suggest this research could be a game changer for early diagnosis and treatment, with some indicating it might surpass current blood tests and machine learning approaches.
Abstract in brief
- Trained dogs can effectively detect the odor associated with Parkinson's disease, offering a potential method for early diagnosis.
- In a study, two dogs were trained over several weeks to distinguish between skin swabs from Parkinson’s patients and controls, achieving high sensitivity and specificity in double-blind tests.
- The results support the idea that dogs can be reliably trained to identify Parkinson's disease by scent, which could aid in early detection where traditional tests are lacking.]
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Most liked on X and Bluesky“Trained dogs can detect the odor of Parkinson’s disease” by Perdita Barran et al. Journal of Parkinson’s Disease https://t.co/6a6wdVpxPK
This excites me much more than the machine learning research on early diagnosis . It has real potential and is likely to be more accurate than alpha synuclein blood tests @MontySilverdale @basbloem @CureParkinsonsT @UCLIoN https://t.co/gg674aK5EB
Trained dogs can detect the odor of Parkinson's disease https://t.co/LfMhVCP2e2 https://t.co/LhY0nvGhcI
#Parkinsons research has gone to the dogs "After 38–53 weeks of training on 205 samples, the dogs were tested in a double-blind trial using 60 control & 40 target (drug-naïve PwP) samples...showed high sensitivity (70% and 80%) & specificity (90% & 98%)" https://t.co/sBuJzWFcbC https://t.co/aJV5MxuiMX
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RT @hyderabaddoctor: ✅Trained dogs can detect the odor of Parkinson's disease ▶️There is currently no single, reliable test for Parkinson'…
RT @hyderabaddoctor: ✅Trained dogs can detect the odor of Parkinson's disease ▶️There is currently no single, reliable test for Parkinson'…
RT @hyderabaddoctor: ✅Trained dogs can detect the odor of Parkinson's disease ▶️There is currently no single, reliable test for Parkinson'…
RT @hyderabaddoctor: ✅Trained dogs can detect the odor of Parkinson's disease ▶️There is currently no single, reliable test for Parkinson'…
RT @hyderabaddoctor: ✅Trained dogs can detect the odor of Parkinson's disease ▶️There is currently no single, reliable test for Parkinson'…
RT @hyderabaddoctor: ✅Trained dogs can detect the odor of Parkinson's disease ▶️There is currently no single, reliable test for Parkinson'…
RT @hyderabaddoctor: ✅Trained dogs can detect the odor of Parkinson's disease ▶️There is currently no single, reliable test for Parkinson'…
RT @hyderabaddoctor: ✅Trained dogs can detect the odor of Parkinson's disease ▶️There is currently no single, reliable test for Parkinson'…
✅Trained dogs can detect the odor of Parkinson's disease ▶️There is currently no single, reliable test for Parkinson's disease. ▶️Dogs have an incredible sense of smell and have been trained to detect a variety of diseases. ▶️In this study, two dogs were trained to tell the https://t.co/CTXfIp9haI
✅Trained dogs can detect the odor of Parkinson's disease ▶️There is currently no single, reliable test for Parkinson's disease. ▶️Dogs have an incredible sense of smell and have been trained to detect a variety of diseases. ▶️In this study, two dogs were trained to tell the https://t.co/gFWcJgg8kn
RT @ajlees: This excites me much more than the machine learning research on early diagnosis . It has real potential and is likely to be mor…
‘Trained dogs can detect the odor of Parkinson's disease’ https://t.co/Zg3FnwToNr https://t.co/FUadZdsdG1
Trained dogs can detect the odor of #Parkinson's disease Rooney et al 2025 doi.org/10.1177/1877...
This excites me much more than the machine learning research on early diagnosis . It has real potential and is likely to be more accurate than alpha synuclein blood tests @MontySilverdale @basbloem @CureParkinsonsT @UCLIoN https://t.co/gg674aK5EB
Trained dogs can detect the odor of Parkinson's disease Medical Detection Dogs, Milton Keynes J Parkinsons Dis. 2025 Jul 14. doi: 10.1177/1877718X251342485
Trained dogs can detect the odor of Parkinson's disease - Nicola Rooney, Drupad K Trivedi, Eleanor Sinclair, Caitlin Walton-Doyle, Monty Silverdale, Perdita Barran, Tilo Kunath, Steve Morant, Mark Somerville, Jayde Smith, Julie Jones-Diette, Jenny Corish, https://t.co/kmorpsaGLT.
Two dogs sniffed out Parkinson’s with up to 80% accuracy—just by smelling skin swabs. A UK study from University of Bristol, University of Manchester, and Medical Detection Dogs reveals the surprising power of canine noses in early detection. Learn more! https://t.co/nl0ptokwEh https://t.co/JzCwfx3CG6
Trained dogs can detect the odor of Parkinson's disease, 2025 https://t.co/9zgPhCuXna
Dogs may sniff out Parkinson's before doctors can
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#Parkinsons research has gone to the dogs "After 38–53 weeks of training on 205 samples, the dogs were tested in a double-blind trial using 60 control & 40 target (drug-naïve PwP) samples...showed high sensitivity (70% and 80%) & specificity (90% & 98%)" https://t.co/sBuJzWFcbC https://t.co/aJV5MxuiMX
With a sensitivity between 70% and 80% and a specificity > 90%, two trained dogs perform better than non-trained #neurologists at detecting #Parkinsons #PD #smell @journal_PD https://t.co/mz9MeGl3eQ https://t.co/VvPdmdiGYg
Trained dogs can detect the odor of Parkinson's disease https://t.co/LfMhVCP2e2 https://t.co/LhY0nvGhcI
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“Trained dogs can detect the odor of Parkinson’s disease” by Perdita Barran et al. Journal of Parkinson’s Disease https://t.co/6a6wdVpxPK
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