Forget Blood Tests Now Dogs Can Sniff Out Parkinson’s Before Symptoms Appear

Forget Blood Tests Now Dogs Can Sniff Out Parkinson’s Before Symptoms Appear

Credits: Medical Detection Dogs UK

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Updated Jul 17, 2025 | 05:00 AM IST

SummaryTrained dogs can accurately detect Parkinson’s disease by smelling skin swabs, offering a promising non-invasive tool for early diagnosis long before symptoms appear. The dogs in this study worked only with drug-naive patients—those who hadn’t yet started medications.

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