These are heady times for otolaryngologists, those who study and treat disorders of the nose. It was not always so. Darwin regarded smell as a rudimentary sense because its use in hunting, detecting danger, and other primal activities is now far less critical. And in...
Dr. Nancy Rawson is a scientist at the Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia and serves on the Science and Medical Advisory Council for the Smell and Taste Association of North America (STANA). She discusses the long-term COVID side effect of loss of taste and/or...
Two and a half years ago, my nose stopped working. That’s when I realized how often smell comes up in daily conversation: “That Uber smelled weird,” or “that woman was wearing way too much perfume,” or “someone’s definitely smoking weed nearby.” I have anosmia, a symptom of...