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CommentsMan’s Best Friend, Or Colonoscopy?Posted by Dr. Gifford Jones on Mar 6, 2011 at 01:23 AM
The Labrador retriever provided the correct diagnosis in 98 percent of the cancer specimens. “Isn’t it wiser to suffer a little discomfort for a few moments than face the pain of terminal colon cancer?” I’ve lost count of the times I’ve asked this question of patients. But some still prefer playing Russian Roulette with malignancy than submitting to colonoscopy. So is “Fido” an alternative to this unpleasant procedure? A recent report in the medical journal, Gut, found that a trained Labrador retriever was smarter than doctors in diagnosing large bowel cancer. With a sniff of a stool the trained Fido was able to diagnose this malignancy. More...Post a Comment on: Man’s Best Friend, Or Colonoscopy?Commenting is not available in this channel entry. Next entries comments: Raised Bed Gardening…Our Progress to Date Previous entries comments: Duped! Relentless Marxist Deception Note from the Editor: This section is for comments from readers of canadafreepress.com. Please don't assume that Canada Free Press agrees with or endorses any particular comment just because we let it stand. A reminder: Anyone who fails to comply with our terms of use may lose his or her posting privilege. |
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