Studies show that smell loss with age may reflect more serious underlying problems, and is even linked to how long we're ...

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For millions of people, losing their sense of smell quietly reshapes daily life. Meals lose nuance, familiar places feel ...

A new study demonstrates that your sense of smell may be more sensitive than previously thought. Your nose may be more powerful than you think. In a single sniff, the human sense of smell can ...

The sense of smell is highly influenced by the cues from other senses, while the sense of sight and hearing are affected to a much lesser extent, shows a new study in Journal of Neuroscience. A ...

Silverado today is rolling out a scent-based technology across its 26 memory care communities to help residents train their ...

People who lack a sense of smell have enhanced social insecurities. March 22, 2012— -- Rebecca Cagle has heard that the smell of coffee can calm people in uncomfortable settings. But she has no ...

People sense millisecond shifts in odor as quickly as they might spot a change in color, new research shows. The study discounts the notion that smell is a "slower" sense than sight or hearing, ...

Share on Pinterest Might loss of smell indicate heart problems? Image credit: Jonathan Knowles/Getty Images. About 64 million people globally have heart failure. Researchers from Michigan State ...

Horses can detect fear in humans by smell, becoming more likely to startle and more wary of people who are scared, a new ...

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 ...

Holly has a degree in Medical Biochemistry from the University of Leicester. Her scientific interests include genomics, personalized medicine, and bioethics.View full profile Holly has a degree in ...