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Bad Breath As Sign Of Disease? Liver Disease, Lung Cancer May Be Detected By E-Noses(Huffington Post)

Bad Breath As Sign Of Disease? Liver Disease, Lung Cancer May Be Detected By E-Noses(Huffington Post)

If the ancient Greek physician Hippocrates diagnosed you with fetor hepaticus (bad liver breath), it would not be an insult but a friendly warning. It meant the scent of your breath indicated you were going into liver failure. Much of ancient Greek medical knowledge has fallen into obscurity, but using the breath as an indicator of health remain 

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