Joy Milne: Woman who SNIFFED OUT husband's Parkinson's 12 years before diagnosis helps develop new test for disease

Joy Milne: Woman who SNIFFED OUT husband's Parkinson's 12 years before diagnosis helps develop new test for disease
Joy Milne (L) noticed something different in how her husband Les (R) smelled 12 years before he was diagnosed with Parkinson's (BBC News/YouTube, CBS News/YouTube)

LONDON, ENGLAND: Joy Milne, a 72-year-old woman from Australia, was able to sniff out Parkinson’s disease in her husband Les 12 years before he was diagnosed. Scientists are now thankful for her super sense of smell which led to the development of a test for Parkinson’s disease.

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Milne has been a major asset to scientists, as a ‘super-smeller’ who can diagnose the disease simply by sniffing T-shirts a person has been wearing. It was her nose that discovered that the telltale scent of Parkinson’s comes most strongly from the back of people’s necks and between their shoulder blades.