Our latest study showed that taste and smell were both found to activate a region of the brain important for taste, hunger ...

For the first time, scientists have discovered that smell and taste are inseparable much earlier in the brain than we thought ...

Thanks to vaccines, the rates of severe COVID-19 in the US have gone down dramatically. However, it's still possible to contract the disease and suffer long-term effects, one of which is the loss of ...

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For millions of people, the COVID-19 pandemic is far from over. Roughly one in four people who were sick with COVID-19 during the early days of the pandemic have yet to regain their sense of smell or ...

You may have heard of dysgeusia, ageusia, and anosmia. All three disorders are potential symptoms of COVID-19. While ageusia is the total loss of taste and anosmia is the partial or total loss of ...

When you eagerly dig into a long-awaited dinner, signals from your stomach to your brain keep you from eating so much you'll regret it -- or so it's been thought. When you eagerly dig into a ...

BOSTON — Dr. Mallika Marshall is answering your medical questions. If you have a question, email her or message her on Facebook or Twitter. Michele writes, "I lost my sense of smell and taste 5 ½ ...

Many workers in the food industry experiencing parosmia — or a long-term distorted sense of smell — find their lives and livelihoods disrupted. And they have trouble accessing help. Anaïs Saint-André ...

If you’re among the 19% of Americans who report changes in their sense of taste as they get older, it might be some cause for alarm. New research suggests that losing your sense of taste, especially ...

As a scientist who investigates hunger and weight control, I’m interested in the way our brains let us know we’ve had enough. As we begin to feel full, we slow down how quickly we eat. For decades, ...