Would you sacrifice your sense of smell to keep your hair? Or perhaps your phone? A 2022 study from the US explored how people value their sense of smell in comparison to other senses like sight and ...

Olfactory training, platelet-rich plasma, electrical stimulation, and more: Here’s where the research stands on smell ...

(PHILADELPHIA and LONDON, January 14 ,2024). The formation of a new collaborative research group, the Breakthrough Consortium for Olfactory Health (BeCOH), offers hope for the millions of people ...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va – UVA Health recently opened a new center for smell and taste disorders aiming to diagnose and treat issues with the senses. The disorders affect the ability to perceive smells and ...

Reston, VA (August 20, 2024) -- A new fluorescent imaging probe can for the first time objectively and non-invasively measure loss of smell, clinically known as anosmia. Targeting the olfactory nerve, ...

One of the most persistent and debilitating symptoms of COVID-19 is anosmia or loss of smell. Researchers at INRAE and ENVA have discovered that a corticoid treatment could help restore the olfactory ...

A 2022 study from the US explored how people value their sense of smell in comparison to other senses like sight and hearing. Would you sacrifice your sense of smell to keep your hair? Or perhaps your ...

The idea seemed, at first blush, preposterous. "I don't know anyone spraying vitamin D up a patient's nose," said Jennifer Mulligan, Ph.D., co-director of the University of Florida Health Smell ...

Parkinson’s disease may begin years before diagnosis with a subtle but significant warning sign - loss of smell. Known as hyposmia or anosmia, this symptom affects most patients early, as the disease ...

But smell and taste disorders can affect more than the ability to 'smell the roses" in life and to enjoy food. Also affected is the ability to detect and correct unpleasant smells, like body odor or a ...

When she was growing up, she was derisively called “Connie the Tuna” by her classmates. Connie Christy, 43, has trimethylaminuria, a genetic disorder that causes her to emit an odor that affects her ...