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The Nurse Who Can Smell Parkinson’s | Joy Milne | TED

What does Parkinson’s smell like? Ask nurse Joy Milne. Born with a hypersensitive nose, she spent a lifetime learning to recognize diseases through their scents. When she smelled Parkinson’s on her husband years before his diagnosis, she decided to put her gift to the test. Today, her extraordinary nose has been translated into a non-invasive…

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What does Parkinson’s smell like? Ask nurse Joy Milne. Born with a hypersensitive nose, she spent a lifetime learning to recognize diseases through their scents. When she smelled Parkinson’s on her husband years before his diagnosis, she decided to put her gift to the test. Today, her extraordinary nose has been translated into a non-invasive test — helping researchers diagnose what was right under their noses all along. (Recorded at TEDxManchester on March 4, 2023)

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  1. @NorthRiverProductions

    May 3, 2026 at 11:02 am

    First 😊

  2. @vexivero

    May 3, 2026 at 11:16 am

    Bruh when I was working in kitchens I couldn’t even smell a gas leak

    • @pinkphloyd8338

      May 3, 2026 at 11:35 am

      Haha

  3. @jackwt7340

    May 3, 2026 at 11:17 am

    The smell of short-chain fatty acids. Try 500 mg of vitamin b5 a day

  4. @hohohomer8566

    May 3, 2026 at 11:24 am

    The ultimate challenge; how to prevent it ???

  5. @phoebebaker1575

    May 3, 2026 at 12:02 pm

    Amazing! A wonderful nurse and scientist!

  6. @simplecomplicated1394

    May 3, 2026 at 12:32 pm

    how about starting to classify Alzheimer, lewis body smell, and parkinosism alike, more deeper cause could be determined to help determine prevention/cure

  7. @jf-jx4ym

    May 3, 2026 at 12:35 pm

    So theres multiple reasons why this is fraudulent and harmful… Illegal too.. Even if no fraudulent reasons are observed.

    If you have been stalked or hurt, robbed by ppl like this… You really notice its malicious effect. Nocebo of sorts… And illegal sales practices

    Do not allow digital or other gimmicks define your rights and life… Not to mention bill you for it… Or deprive you of your rights.

    Sometimes no is not a no with these things.

    Still interesting.. this and dog nose has been studied for detecting cancer etc.. and attempts to create tech that sniffs stuff..

    Once you are targeted with whatever.. that alone is enough to destroy your psyche to no good outcome. We are then talking about inducing.

    Just observe your life, motivation, confidence vanish… Observe your hrv, sleeping hr, sleep quality.. and coincidentally your wellbeing disappear to thin air… Sleep diet exercise.. anything worth living really..

    And before long you are ostracized, robbed and lonely with no way out… And soon even demented because sleep diet exercise is cure for all (foundation).. and cPTSD that this medicinal fraud and violent fear mongering causes…well … after it reaches a certain level of delusional it is a huge nuisance to your life.

    Your lizard brain wil make sure you lose your sleep… Key to all.

  8. @vikaskhanna8559

    May 3, 2026 at 2:28 pm

    Return to the Present Moment through your senses.
    Overthinking is time travel, mostly into future that doesn’t exist or past that can’t be changed.
    Practice Grounding yourself through Sensory Awareness.

    👉Notice the feeling of your clothes against your skin–any itching, softness, tightness or loose.
    👉Listen to the minutest sound in the room–clock ticking or fan wind touching your body….pleasant or unpleasant?
    👉Place your palm over your heart and feel the heartbeat. You can also place your palm on your stomach and try to observe the breath arising and passing away.

    ✅️Observe who is creating this heartbeat and breath in your arising and passing away each moment in the body? Is it you or Nature within us?

    Connect with it by maintaining continuity of this awareness mindfully with each passing breath, stock is limited, time is running away.

  9. @AdityaMehendale

    May 3, 2026 at 3:07 pm

    Mind boggling how many superheroes are yet undiscovered, because somebody asked to “talk about it later”.

  10. @MrNikoSrb

    May 3, 2026 at 3:50 pm

    “nose that can diagnose” lol good one

  11. @wan2lmao

    May 3, 2026 at 4:13 pm

    I can smell this in raves too , it smells when people are taking serotonin dumping drugs , i can tell who is tripping balls from the smell

  12. @elsastark2351

    May 3, 2026 at 6:02 pm

    I can smell when someone is taking opioids. It’s a peculiar smell I was exposed to by my mother who was on methadone when I was little. Cheers to this life safer!

  13. @cookingrina

    May 3, 2026 at 8:51 pm

    Because of she have skill when work along time in hospital

  14. @CoralMan24

    May 4, 2026 at 2:09 am

    I can smell bullshit and ted talks are full of them

  15. @MrRoberthafetz

    May 4, 2026 at 7:49 am

    PD is an easy diagnosis. The NHS in the UK is broke collapsing Drs leaving in droves and wait times in months and years. This is an example of how poor it is

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