The place of research in TCM (an idea) - dogs sniffing cancer

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At 03:17 PM 3/22/2006, Lea wrote:

>Just to be tangential, as usual. Has anyone else read about how they

>are using dogs to " sniff " out breast cancer? Im not making this up,

>apparantly the dogs can be trained to detect metabolic changes that

>effect the smell of a patients breath in breast cancer in the early

>stages. They are trying to use this info to create an " artificial

>nose " , if you will. The mind boggles. Maybe they should try pigs for

>greater smell acuity. :-)

 

This was reported recently on a PBS broadcast, at least in the San

Francisco Bay Area. The work was, if I recall, also at the Pine

Street Clinic in Marin county (north of San Francisco). I think

McCullough was the researcher, or at least spokesperson.

 

(In an earlier message, penned at 2:30 AM, I mistakenly wrote " Pine

Tree Clinic " .)