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Loss of smell: How can it be recovered and trained, according to science?

Olfactory training—based on repeated exposure to different scents—has proven effective in improving and even restoring the ...
KSAT

Still without your sense of smell, post-COVID? This unique therapy might make all the difference

There have been many reports identifying the loss of sense of smell as one of the primary symptoms of COVID-19. While some experience the loss for days, there are others who experience it for months.

This Hack to Your Brain’s ‘Superhighway’ Boosts Memory By Over 200 Percent—And May Even Prevent Alzheimer’s

Your nose’s superpower is thanks to a “superhighway” that leads directly into your brain. The olfactory system runs straight to the hippocampus, or your memory hub, whereas other sensory systems have ...
ABC News

People Who Lack Sense of Smell May Be More At Risk of Depression

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 ...
LBC

Losing your sense of smell can ruin Christmas dinner – and harm your health

For thousands of people in the UK, smell and taste disorders turn Christmas into a season without flavour or aroma, writes ...

Why You May Be Losing Your Sense of Taste

“The first six weeks of a decreased sense of smell or taste are critical for diagnosis and treatment,” Michaelson says, so it ...
Forbes

Losing the Sense of Smell: How Covid-19 Infection Induces Long-Lasting Symptoms

An illustration of the olfactory bulb and epithelium. Top right: A pericyte (light orange) wraps around a blood vessel (red). Bottom right: Olfactory sensory neurons (light red, orange) surrounded by ...
CNN

More than a million people in the US may not have regained sense of smell months after Covid-19 infection, study estimates

The Covid-19 pandemic has brought on an “emerging public health concern” of people losing their sense of smell, according to new research published Thursday. The research published in JAMA ...

The silent symptom of Parkinson’s that appears years before other signs

In a magical scene towards the end of the 2007 film Ratatouille, notoriously harsh food critic Anton Ego is instantly ...
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Fossil skulls reveal how well extinct mammals could smell

We rely on smell more than most people may realize. Across mammals, scent guides feeding, warns of danger, and shapes social ...
TreeHugger

Do Birds Have a Sense of Smell?

Maria Marabito is a writer who specializes in sustainable travel, green living, and food issues. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in English from West Chester University. While sight is arguably the most ...