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Years before he got diagnosed with Parkinson's, Joy Milne noticed her husband's characteristic scent had changed. The discovery that she could smell his illness has opened up a new field of research.
We walked into a Parkinson’s support group and the smell hit me – it was overwhelming
In 2015, Scot Joy Milne shook researchers and scientists around the world with her ability to smell disease on people long before they are sick.
Joy Milne's ability to smell Parkinson's disease led to a pioneering diagnostic test. Now she's talking to Jeremy Paxman about his diagnosis.
Joy Milne was asked to smell clothes belonging to Parkinson's patients and those without and she correctly identified shirts worn by those with condition