Image: "Beano" by V. Neblik, 2008. This image has a creative commons attribution licence 2.0
Hi. Welcome (back) to Weirdbeautiful.
Probably just about anyone who has ever had a pet dog will tell you what amazing creatures they are. Today's first link is about the weird and amazing ability of dogs- specifically labrador retreivers - to detect signs of early bowel cancer in humans. In tests conducted by Dr Hideto Sonoda, from Kyushu University, specially trained dogs detected 37 out of 38 cases of early bowel cancer. Standard medical tests for early stage bowel cancer rely upon finding traces of blood in stool samples and only detect around 1 in 10 cases.
The full story is here-
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-12322790
The article also mentions that the ability of dogs to detect the scent at various concentrations varies not only between dogs but also within the same dog on different days.
Today's second link is to this article on the perils of sleep deprivation-
http://uk.health.lifestyle.yahoo.net/Lack-of-sleep-a-ticking-time-bomb-for-health.htm
Thanks to Lizzie B. for the bowel-cancer link.
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