In mild to moderate cases of coronavirus, a loss of smell, and therefore taste, is emerging as one of the most unusual early signs of the disease called Covid-19. "What's called anosmia, which ...

A COVID-19 infection might blunt a person's sense of smell for years afterward, but so subtly they might not even notice it, a new study says. In all, 4 out of 5 people who reported that COVID-19 had ...

The human sense of smell connects directly to brain regions responsible for memory and cognitive function, making it a surprisingly accurate window into neurological health. As people age, changes in ...

The idea that a simple smell test could help detect the risk of alzheimer's disease years before symptoms appear is gaining increasing attention in medical research. While memory loss is often the ...

Losing your sense of smell can be an early warning sign of Alzheimer’s disease and other cognitive disorders. Researchers say they’ve developed a new peel-and-sniff test that can be easily taken at ...

A research team showed that the smell test SCENTinel 1.1 can successfully discriminate between different types of smell disorders. SCENTinel 1.1 can rapidly identify parosmia, the distorted perception ...

I was in the third grade when I realized I couldn’t smell. My class was on a field trip to a wastewater treatment plant and while everyone around me was disgusted by the stench, I had no problem with ...

Adults in their 70s who scored poorly on a sniff test had a higher risk of later heart attack, a new study showed. A new study suggests that a declining sense of smell may also signal a higher risk of ...

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