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Pigeons Good at Detecting Breast Cancer






Although pigeons have brains that are no bigger than the tip of an index finger, several in a recent study were able to distinguish digitized microscope slides and mammograms of normal versus cancerous breast tissue. Their rate of accuracy, about 90 percent in one experiment and 99 percent in another, is equivalent to that of humans with medical training. “With some training and selective food reinforcement, pigeons do just as well as humans in categorizing digitized slides and mammograms of benign and malignant human breast tissue,” lead author Richard Levenson, professor of pathology and laboratory medicine at UC Davis Health System, said in a press release. Nov.18 http://news.discovery.com/animals/pigeons-good-at-detecting-breast-cancer-151118.htm





The effect of an eclipse is known to last for several months after its occurrence. Eclipses can be triggered in many ways. One such way is the actual transit of a planet over the eclipse degree. Jupiter is currently transiting over the solar eclipse of Sept.12 in Virgo (health issues)  bringing it to life. A chart for the eclipse at Davis, California has it placed significantly square the horizon axis and conjunct the asteroid Handley (2718) which Martha Wescott links to cancer [1]. On the Ascendant is alpha (α) Columba, Phact, a star in the body of the Dove!




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