Man's Best Doctor

[Matt Foley]

http://www.aolnews.com/health/article/study-dogs-sensitive-schnoz-sniffs-out-prostate-cancer/19500141?icid=main|main|dl1|link6|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aolnews.com%2Fhealth%2Farticle%2Fstudy-dogs-sensitive-schnoz-sniffs-out-prostate-cancer%2F19500141

A team of researchers at Tenon Hospital in Paris trained a Belgian Malinois shepherd, already renowned for its ability to detect bombs, to sniff the urine of men already diagnosed with prostate cancer. The dog was able to correctly identify the urine of a prostate cancer patient, compared with the urine of four healthy individuals.

Bizarre as the idea sounds, it's already being tested for the identification of other cancers, including lung and breast cancers. Different kinds of tumors release specific chemical compounds whose odor can be picked up by ultra-sensitive noses -- like those of dogs.

[Panthro]

I went in thinking this dog was sniffing peoples asses

[Hawk]

was just going to ask...how does he detect colon cancer!!!!