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Breath test for Parkinson’s disease

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A new study funded by Parkinson’s UK will determine if a simple breath test could help detect Parkinson’s. The researchers, with funding from Parkinson’s UK and the British Council, will study around 200 people to see if their breath can be used to determine which have Parkinson’s. Professor Hossam Haick and his team at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology have already shown in a smaller study of 57 people that breath alone could differentiate between people with Parkinson’s and healthy individuals. Breath tests have been used to diagnose cancer, with dogs even being able to sniff out the disease. This is

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