I can smell when people have cancer

Also, a decade or so ago, a woman noticed a change in smell of her husband when he got Parkinson&#x27;s [1]. She can smell the disease on people. I believe some dog&#x27;s can also smell disease such as cancer. This sort of thing is a &quot;super-power&quot; I hope science can nail down and harness somehow.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.bbc.co.uk&#x2F;news&#x2F;uk-scotland-62795737" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.bbc.co.uk&#x2F;news&#x2F;uk-scotland-62795737</a>

&gt; I actually tried contacting some researchers locally, because I live near a university hospital that does a lot of research into testing for cancer. They basically said it was impossible and to stop wasting their time… like damn okay sorry<p>Too bad. I guess a blind study with a control group wouldn&#x27;t be too hard to conduct. Worst case, it was a waste of time. Otherwise, might lead to interesting discoveries.

I saw this too, not Shure if a reddit post is HN worthy. Regardless, I think there are studies in dogs, but I have not heard of human smelling cancer.and there are multiple people (?) claiming it in the comments.

I have pretty good sense of smell and as I&#x27;m aging I&#x27;ve noticed I started to smell like my grandfather who died pretty early of cancer. Could be just caked on, work-from-home type of sweat.

Prob smelling the waste products from sweat glands from the immune response. Like smelling post workout sweat and knowing someone owns a gym bag.<p>Very useful if you can dial it in.

Still suspect that it was posted on April 1. A little patience might have been better for him if it’s legit.