As we age, we often have problems with our ability to smell (called olfactory dysfunction). Older people might not be able to identify an odour or differentiate one odour from another. In some cases they might not be able ...
Mar 14, 2019
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Women are increasingly opening up about their breastfeeding struggles. However, as individual as each story is, many have a core theme – it wasn't working and no one could tell them why.
Mar 12, 2019
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Our noses may be able to adapt themselves to tell the brain, as efficiently as possible, about the most typical smells in our environment, suggests new research published in eLife.
Feb 26, 2019
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When patients report losing their sense of taste, the problem is most likely due to a dysfunction in their sense of smell, according to research from Virginia Commonwealth University's Smell and Taste Disorders Center.
Dec 20, 2018
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Physicians at Massachusetts Eye and Ear have, for the first time, induced a sense of smell in humans by using electrodes in the nose to stimulate nerves in the olfactory bulb, a structure in the brain where smell information ...
Nov 27, 2018
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Like homing pigeons, humans have a nose for navigation because our brains are wired to convert smells into spatial information, new research from the University of California, Berkeley, shows.
Jun 17, 2015
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(HealthDay)—Testing soldiers' sense of smell can help diagnose those with traumatic brain injury, a new study shows.
Mar 27, 2015
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For older adults, being unable to identify scents is a strong predictor of death within five years, according to a study published October 1, 2014, in the journal PLOS ONE. Thirty-nine percent of study subjects who failed ...
Oct 1, 2014
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Could stuffing yourself full of high-fat foods cause you to lose your sense of smell?
Jul 21, 2014
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(Medical Xpress)—Scents and smells can form the basis of some of the most significant memories that humans form in their lives.
Mar 18, 2014
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