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

Patients with Sjogren's syndrome showed significant impairments in olfactory function, Chinese researchers reported. These patients were more often found to have anosmia (13.5% vs 0%) and hyposmia (19 ...

Patients with chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) with nasal polyps exhibited significant improvement in olfactory function when treated with a combination of oral and nasal steroids vs nasal steroids alone.

This new study evaluated outcomes following add-on dupilumab to treat severe uncontrolled chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP). Dupilumab was shown to improve olfaction impairment (OI) in ...

The sense of smell is a complex process of the central nervous system that involves specific areas of the brain. In fact, olfactory dysfunction is seen in various central nervous system disorders that ...

Olfactory function is preserved in about a quarter of patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD), and may be predictive of disease course, say researchers. Olfactory testing has been used as a screening ...

Ultrafine particles, UFPs, the smallest contributors to air pollution, hinder the function of mitochondria in human olfactory mucosa cells, a new study shows. Led by the University of Eastern Finland, ...

In a study posted to the medRxiv* pre-print server, scientists from a Swedish University assessed olfactory loss and dysfunction among coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients to objectively ...

Exposure to ultrafine particles from traffic alters the expression of many genes in human olfactory mucosa cells, a new study shows. The study is the first to combine an analysis of emissions from ...