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How Dogs Could Be the Key to Fighting Cancer
New York Post ^ | 10/1 | Larry Getlen

Posted on 10/01/2016 11:40:09 PM PDT by nickcarraway

In the late 1980s in the UK, a border collie-Doberman mix began paying extreme attention to a mole on his owner’s left thigh. The 44-year-old woman noticed that the dog would sniff there for minutes on end, trying to bite it off whenever she wore shorts.

The dog’s fixation wasn’t random. What the dog was smelling wasn’t just the mole, but the melanoma causing it — and its subsequent removal might just have saved the woman’s life.

In this new book, author Horowitz shows how canines, whose sense of smell is anywhere between 10,000 and 100,000 times more acute than ours, might turn out to be an essential weapon in the fight against cancer and other diseases.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Pets/Animals; Science
KEYWORDS: cancer; dog; dogs; dogtor; smell; wonderfuldogs
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1 posted on 10/01/2016 11:40:09 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Me ping

:-P


2 posted on 10/01/2016 11:45:01 PM PDT by Salamander (More deplorable than deplorable...)
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To: nickcarraway
Uncanny resemblance to Oscar the therapy cat


3 posted on 10/01/2016 11:47:58 PM PDT by Daffynition (*Donald Trump represents the WILL of the PEOPLE.*~ Don King 09.24.16)
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To: Salamander
Hey you! ;)


4 posted on 10/01/2016 11:50:20 PM PDT by Daffynition (*Donald Trump represents the WILL of the PEOPLE.*~ Don King 09.24.16)
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To: Daffynition

Crazy thing. I have a BRUTAL scab from falling down cement stairs. Months old and healed. Cat sniffs it and makes a face like he’s smelled death.

I dont smell a thing.

Wonder what that’s about?


5 posted on 10/02/2016 12:11:08 AM PDT by dp0622 (IThe only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: Daffynition

perhaps a cat from long ago similar to this cat is the origin of the myth about cat stealing the last breath of the dying.


6 posted on 10/02/2016 12:20:02 AM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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To: dp0622

If it’s months old, and there’s still a scab, maybe you should have a doc see it.


7 posted on 10/02/2016 12:20:41 AM PDT by SauronOfMordor (Socialists want YOUR wealth redistributed, never THEIRS!)
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To: dp0622

Cats SMART!!. Ask doctor.


8 posted on 10/02/2016 12:21:13 AM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicians are not born. They're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero.)
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To: Daffynition

That is awesome.

Think I’ll make molds of my dogs’ noses.


9 posted on 10/02/2016 12:24:13 AM PDT by Salamander (More deplorable than deplorable...)
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To: SauronOfMordor

Disclaimer: he made the flemings response, I think it’s called, while the scab was still on. Scab is gone and itches every now and then but that’s about it.

I didn’t smell a thing on the scab. I didn’t know cats had strong senses of smell too.


10 posted on 10/02/2016 12:26:37 AM PDT by dp0622 (IThe only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: dp0622

Cats have much better sense of smell than humans, but not as good as dogs.


11 posted on 10/02/2016 12:30:29 AM PDT by SauronOfMordor (Socialists want YOUR wealth redistributed, never THEIRS!)
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To: SauronOfMordor

100,000 at its peak? That’s almost unfathomable.

They should give a real life example of such an extreme difference.


12 posted on 10/02/2016 12:31:50 AM PDT by dp0622 (IThe only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: nickcarraway

Gives “Lab test” a whole new meaning...


13 posted on 10/02/2016 12:42:16 AM PDT by coydog (Time to feed the pigs!)
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To: SauronOfMordor

That is a supposition based entirely upon brain volume devoted to smell. Cats have a more complex mechanism for smells and use those mechanisms for the same purposes as dogs. So, its hard to say. Dogs can be trained better to demonstrate smelling for human purposes such as tracking.

But, it is impossible to actually test cats vs. dogs since they are both smart enough to disregard really faint smells when not in a life threatening situation.

Read Cat Sense by Bradshaw for an eye opening view of this.


14 posted on 10/02/2016 12:43:02 AM PDT by anton
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To: Daffynition; Salamander; nickcarraway

How lovely! Thanks for posting, nick.

Hi, ya’ll! I love this. What a sweet gift dogs are to us, and I’m more a cat person!

Article is good, wish I could post the photo of dog in dr coat. The book is: Being a Dog: Following the dog into a world of smell by Alexandra Horowitz

JoeBob sez check it out.


15 posted on 10/02/2016 12:43:52 AM PDT by cyn (Benghazi)
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To: dp0622
I have no comment, especially have no opinion about sniffing scabs. >;D


16 posted on 10/02/2016 12:48:06 AM PDT by Daffynition (*Donald Trump represents the WILL of the PEOPLE.*~ Don King 09.24.16)
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To: coydog; Ezekiel; Nita Nupress

// Gives “Lab test” a whole new meaning... //

Lol! I’m thinkin’, I’m thinkin’... I’ll collie some other wags for responses :-)


17 posted on 10/02/2016 12:50:21 AM PDT by cyn (Benghazi)
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To: Pontiac

Yes, a myth. I heard that one about cats will suck the breath from infants.


18 posted on 10/02/2016 12:51:43 AM PDT by Daffynition (*Donald Trump represents the WILL of the PEOPLE.*~ Don King 09.24.16)
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To: Daffynition

Kitty has “Hillary” eyes:) Won’t comment on the tongue.


19 posted on 10/02/2016 12:54:11 AM PDT by garandgal (uit)
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To: Daffynition

He had some nerve. I dont go around sniffing his. :)


20 posted on 10/02/2016 1:03:50 AM PDT by dp0622 (IThe only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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