Media Mentions

Eating Well: How to Stop Your Mouth from Burning When You Eat Spicy Food

We've all lived through it: Thinking you can take the heat of a spicy dish and then realizing, to your horror and your friends' amusement, that your mouth has become a fiery hell that, like hiccups, seems never-ending but really only lasts a few minutes. But...

25 May, 2021

USA Today: ‘Life-Altering:’ as Millions Cope With Smell Loss From COVID-19, Researchers Find New Explanations and Possible Treatments

Elizabeth Byland has trouble stomaching chicken these days, because it smells to her like poop. Cauliflower tastes like metal and carrots like soap. "I've got a dog that smells like orange slices," she said. It's an improvement from last summer when the Richmond, Virginia, resident caught COVID-19...

23 May, 2021

NPR: Will My Sense Of Smell Ever Return? Olfactory Insights From COVID And Beyond

About 25 years ago, after a particularly bad cold, I suddenly lost my sense of smell — I could no longer sense the difference between sweaty tennis shoes and a fragrant rose. Since then, my olfactory discernment comes and goes, and most of the time...

08 May, 2021

Gastropod: So Hot Right Now: Why We Love the Chile Pepper

Pam Dalton, Monell Chemical Senses Center researcher works with capsaicin, amongst other substances. ...

27 April, 2021

New York Times: Can Covid Research Help Solve the Mysteries of Other Viruses?

Barie Carmichael lost her sense of taste and smell while traveling in Europe. She remembers keeping a dinner date at a Michelin-starred restaurant but tasting nothing. “I didn’t have the heart to tell my host,” she said. It may sound like a case of Covid-19. But...

17 April, 2021

PNAS: Heavy Water Tastes Sweeter

In the 1930s, scientists discovered a heavier form of water. So-called “heavy water” (D2O) weighs more because the nucleus of each of its two hydrogen atoms contains not just a proton but a neutron as well. Known as deuterium, heavy hydrogen causes subtle differences in...

16 April, 2021

WMAR-2: ‘Smell Training’ Therapy Helping With Loss of Taste, Smell Caused by COVID-19

There are a number of things that can cause you to lose your sense of taste and smell, but with COVID-19, it has been a common side effect. People report not being able to smell at all while they have the coronavirus and having a distorted...

14 April, 2021

The New York Times: Covid Stole Your Sense of Smell? Try Physical Therapy for Your Nose.

Doctors are recommending smell training for patients with lingering olfactory problems....

26 March, 2021

NBC News: A Mouthful of Nickels? Some Say They Taste Metal After a Covid-19 Vaccination

Experts say it's a rare but real phenomenon....

25 March, 2021

New York Times, The Daily: A Food Critic Loses Her Sense of Smell

A Times restaurant critic is on a quest to regain a crucial ability after Covid-19. ...

23 March, 2021