People in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease typically lose their sense of smell. Now scientists at the University of Pennsylvania have found that a sniff test can help detect a condition called ...

Loss of smell is a symptom unique to the coronavirus. It manifests itself differently than the congested, runny nose-type anosmia typical of a common cold, and it can linger for more than a week in ...

Seed amplification assays, those PCR-like reactions for toxic misfolded proteins, are starting to look pretty good. In the May Lancet Neurology, scientists led by Andrew Siderowf, University of ...

Researchers have developed and validated a simple “peel-and-sniff” test that can be completed unsupervised at home to screen for cognitive impairment. It’s well known that impaired olfactory function ...

I should know better, but I admit that I do it too. I’ve just pulled some sliced chicken out of the fridge, as I set out to make up some sandwiches. I notice the chicken is within its use-by date, but ...

(CBS4) - Temperature checks have become commonplace as doctors' offices and other businesses screen for COVID-19, however they may not be the most reliable indicator of coronavirus. CBS4 Medical ...

Scratch-And-Sniff Test May Prove Huge Help In COVID Fight, Some Experts Say Researchers at the University of Colorado are giving new meaning to the question, "Does it pass the smell test?" Believe it ...

A simple "sniff test" could signal if an unconscious person is likely to regain consciousness, a new study finds. A team of scientists at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel revealed that the ...

Tim Spector receives grants from multiple sources including Wellcome Trust, MRC, NIHR, CDRF, Seerave foundation, Danone, ZOE, BHF. The ZOE CSS app is a not for profit exercise. He is a co-founder of ...