Last Thursday, Launceston YFC were given a talk by Tim
Sutton-Woodhouse regarding medical detection dogs. He spoke of the remarkable
sense of smell that dogs have, which enables them to identify changes to the
medical conditions of humans. Medical detection dogs have been trained to work
with people who suffer from conditions such as narcolepsy, pain seizures and
diabetes; the dogs have been an extremely important lifeline to so many. The
dogs recognise body changes and make humans aware of the change before their
conditions worsen.
New research has led to the training of cancer detection
dogs. The dogs are able to detect the small amounts of volatile substances that
are released by cancer cells and it is hoped that in the future these dogs will
be able to develop an early cancer screening service.
The talk was very interesting and eye opening for everyone.
We would like to thank Tim for giving up his time to talk to the club.
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