A simple skin-swab test could be used to help diagnose the degenerative brain condition Parkinson’s disease, UK scientists say.
Studies with volunteers show it can quickly detect tell-tale compounds in sebum – the oily substance that protects the skin.
People with Parkinson’s can have higher than usual concentrations of these.
Researchers discovered this after a woman amazed doctors with her ability to detect Parkinson’s through smell.
Retired nurse Joy Milne, 68, from Perth, noticed the “musky” smell on her husband, Les, years before his Parkinson’s diagnosis.
She has been helping scientists at the University of Manchester explore the link.
And a blinded test of her odour-detecting skills found she was 100% accurate.
Native American tribes are pulling off many of the most successful coronavirus vaccination campaigns in the U.S., bucking stereotypes about tribal governments.
California’s more than 200,000 farmworkers are now eligible to get vaccinated against the coronavirus. But getting the vaccine to these essential workers can be difficult, given their long work weeks and distance from major vaccine clinics. To speed things up, the United Farm Workers Foundation teamed up this past Sunday with the Ventura County Health Department to give 500 field hands their first dose of the Moderna vaccine. The need to keep things outdoors and socially distanced meant this particular vaccine clinic would take place in the alley behind the UFW Foundation’s office in old downtown Oxnard. In line waiting for her shot was Regina Francisca Isidro, 52. She laughed nervously as she waited, choosing first her left arm for the vaccine, then changing to her right.
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