"In the case of diabetes, specially trained dogs can tell when their owner’s blood sugar level is low. But how do these dogs know? What is it, exactly, that they’re sensing or smelling? This question has mystified scientists for years, but a new study by researchers from the Wellcome Trust-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science and the University of Cambridge has finally provided the answer."

Dr. Hehn's Take

Dogs have an incredibly acute sense of smell.  It is amazing that they can smell a chemical in the breath isoprene that signifies a low blood sugar. Medical assistance dogs are able to smell so many different things to alert their humans to take action. Whether it be detection of diabetes, cancer, seizures, or possibly even Parkinson's disease, dogs never cease to amaze me.

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