Albers and colleagues are interested in whether olfactory dysfunction — the sometimes-subtle loss of sense of smell — can ...

According to researchers, the area of the brain linked to smell is one of the first to be affected by Alzheimer's.

In testing, adults with mild cognitive impairment score lower on a simple smell test than adults with normal cognitive ...

In a nutshell A simple at-home smell test, the AROMHA test, could help detect early signs of Alzheimer’s disease years before ...

Researchers at Mass General Brigham may have developed an easy and inexpensive way to detect early signs of dementia.

The test has participants peel and sniff odor labels on a card and determines their ability to discriminate, identify, and ...

Olfactory tests may be a tool to identify dementia in its initial stages — when interventions are most beneficial, ...

Joy Milne claims to have first smelled Parkinson's disease on her late husband, Les, 17 years before he was diagnosed with it ...

A straightforward at-home test could potentially detect a devastating condition up to 20 years before symptoms appear, ...

Losing your sense of smell can be an early warning sign of Alzheimer’s disease and other cognitive disorders. Researchers say ...

Older adults who’ve developed mild cognitive impairment -- a precursor to dementia and Alzheimer’s -- score lower on a peel-and-sniff test than people with normal brains, according to findings ...