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And to think that some of us discourage our dogs from crotch sniffing ...............

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  1. codell

    codell Member

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    Man's best friend to be trained to sniff out cancer

    Saturday, April 26, 2003 Posted: 9:57 PM EDT (0157 GMT)

    LONDON (Reuters) -- Man's best friend is to be trained to sniff out the leading cause of cancer in British men.

    Researchers from Cambridge University, England and the city's renowned Adenbrookes hospital are to apply for funding for a trial to use dogs to detect signs of the cancer, which affects over 20,000 British men a year, in urine.

    "We will train the dogs to distinguish the odor of urine from men with malignant prostate," Dr Barbara Sommerville, who is leading the research, told the Sunday Times newspaper.

    The 12-month trial will involve alsatians and labradors, with the dogs' success rate recorded at the end of the training.
     
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  2. Woofer

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    I saw something on this either on Discovery Channel or The Learning Channel a few years ago, but they used dogs for IIRC skin cancer. There was also a dog with ESP! It knew when it's owner was coming home or something like that. Hard to judge this one, they needed that place that debunks people like Uri Geller to investigate that one before I believe it.
     
    #2 Woofer, Apr 27, 2003
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    Some dogs are trained for people with epilepsy to tell their owners when seizures are about to happen. The dogs bark and pull the owners down to the ground so they won't fall and break bones etc. It seems like they might sense the increased electrical activity, but thats a complete guess. Dogs are pretty :cool:
     
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  4. getsmartnow

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    I, too, saw a program about this. Seems pretty cool, although I don't know how accurate it would be.

    Now, let's see a cat do that!! :D
     
    #4 getsmartnow, Apr 27, 2003
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    DOGS RULE AND CATS DROOL!!!!
     
    #5 Apollo Creed, Apr 28, 2003
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    My cat placed his paw on my forehead said, "your healed" and my broken leg was instantly mended. :confused: :)
     
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