A retired nurse who discovered she could 'smell Parkinson's disease' has inspired scientists to develop a test which could be used to diagnose it. Researchers at the University of Manchester hope the new method, which uses skin swabs, could diagnose the disease in just three minutes.
They were inspired by Joy Milne, who found she had the ability to smell Parkinson's when her husband Les was diagnosed aged 45. Joy, 72, says she noticed a change in the way he smelled and linked it to the 'musky' odour of other people they met at a Parkinson's UK support group. Les died in June 2015.
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