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Redditsux@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 hours ago

Dogs can detect Parkinson’s years before symptoms—with 98% accuracy

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Dogs can detect Parkinson’s years before symptoms—with 98% accuracy

www.sciencedaily.com

Redditsux@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 hours ago
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Dogs trained to detect Parkinson’s disease using scent have shown remarkable accuracy in new research. In a double-blind trial, they identified skin swabs from people with Parkinson’s with up to 80% sensitivity and 98% specificity, even when other health conditions were present. The findings offer hope for a simple, non-invasive diagnostic method using biomarkers that appear long before traditional symptoms, potentially allowing earlier treatment and slowed disease progression.
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  • AmidFuror@fedia.io
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    The study did not present the dogs with samples from “years before” and did not have an accuracy of 98%. It had a sensitivity (percent of positive samples called positive) of 70% for one dog and 80% for the other. Their specificity (percent of negative samples called negative) was 90% and 98%.

    Since there were 60 positive samples and 40 negative samples, their accuracies were 82% and 91%, respectively.

    Not 98%. And with samples from patients currently diagnosed (or controls).

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    What’s the false pawsitive rate?

    • WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.world
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      It’s ruff

      • 6️⃣9️⃣4️⃣2️⃣0️⃣@lemmy.world
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        You’re thinking of Barkinson’s disease.

        • LuxSpark@lemmy.cafe
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          No no, cerebral pawsy.

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            I heard that they were through the woof.

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    No.

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