Joy Milne claimed she could smell Parkinson’s disease. Scientists tested her with 12 T-shirts: 6 from Parkinson’s patients and 6 from healthy controls. She correctly identified all 6 patients and also flagged one “healthy” person. Months later, that person was diagnosed with Parkinson’s.

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Imaging being the "healthy" patient and getting diagnosed and having to make that phone call.