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so this week in school we learned about the history of diabetes. the term mellitus (in diabetes mellitus) is the latin word for sweet like honey. this references the sweet taste of the diabetic urine. apparently the ancient greek and egyptian doctors would smell and taste the urine of their patients in order to diagnose certain diseases. pretty neat. but there is significant scientific research today to create hi-tech diagnostic sniffers that can quickly and accurately point out diseases in patients. (from npr... ).

so the cool thing about all this is that dogs can smell these scents in humans. there is some scientific proof that dogs can smell pregnancy, certain cancers, asthma, diabetes, and seizures (just to name a few). there are actually dogs that are trained to live with people suffering with seizures in order to alert them before a seizure happens. the dog can sense the seizure and warn the person to get into a safe position and call for help. wow. (from national geopgraphic... )

and finally, i learned this week to love using a mac. our small group in pharmacy school had to create a public service announcement. i used crystal's mac, and since i was the only one with any idea how to use imovie, i did all of the editing. it turns out that i helped with the vocals as well. it's amazing how easy apple has made all this editing business. i was able to put this together in a pretty short amount of time. so here it is... for your viewing pleasure... don't judge, it was my first time making a movie, and pharmacy students aren't necessarily the most creative people...