Would you give up your sense of smell to keep your hair? What about your phone? A 2022 US study compared smell to other senses (sight and hearing) and personally prized commodities (including money, a ...

The loss of smell that can accompany coronavirus is unique and different from that experienced by someone with a bad cold or flu, say European researchers who have studied the experiences of patients.

Losing the ability to smell properly can significantly impact quality of life. It can hinder essential daily functions and heighten health risks. We often associate this loss of sense of smell ...

The incidence of olfactory dysfunction in the general population is a matter of debate. About one percent of the population is believed to have a loss of the sense of smell; in the study ...

Loss of smell (and so taste more on that later) is a common symptom. Prof Carl Philpott, an academic surgeon and professor of rhinology and olfactology at the University of East Anglia ...

The researchers found smell was viewed as much less important than sight and hearing, and valued less than many commodities. For example, half the women surveyed said they'd choos ...