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Irish_Dem

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8. Do you want to know a well kept secret about dogs and healthcare?

Tue Nov 28, 2023, 11:38 AM

Nov 2023

A close family member of mine works in cancer research.

It is known that dogs can detect cancer in humans more quickly and accurately than
any diagnostic test on the planet. But the insurance companies would never pay for this kind
of thing. And the medical community would not allow being shown up by canines.

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Can dog sense death [View all] Lilaclady Nov 2023 OP

Yes I would wake him up and check on him. Irish_Dem Nov 2023 #1

Have to agree... 2naSalit Nov 2023 #5

Do you want to know a well kept secret about dogs and healthcare? Irish_Dem Nov 2023 #8

Pets are used all the time at hospitals. yagotme Nov 2023 #9

LOL Irish_Dem Nov 2023 #12

Those come from a joke. yagotme Nov 2023 #13

I know. Good one. Irish_Dem Nov 2023 #14

Purrfect Lilaclady Nov 2023 #17

Wake him and take him to his doctor/a hospital malaise Nov 2023 #2

Now Lilaclady Nov 2023 #4

Glad you have things under control malaise Nov 2023 #6

You did not overreact. You have an ill husband, something did not seem right. Irish_Dem Nov 2023 #10

Better to over, than under, in this scenario. Glad he's OK. nt yagotme Nov 2023 #11

I agree with what's been said above BlueKota Nov 2023 #3

Thank you Lilaclady Nov 2023 #7

HUG Fla Dem Nov 2023 #15

No they can't Polybius Nov 2023 #16