(Natural News) Dogs are popular pets because they are adorable, loyal animals, not to mention friendly and incredibly smart with some incredible abilities. In fact, some dogs have been found to be able to sniff out cancer in their owners. Now, according to a recent report, dogs can even sense a house fire before a […]

(Natural News) In addition to attacking the lungs, the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) can also rob patients of their sense of smell and taste. Now, as they begin to learn more about the disease, experts warn that these patients could be without these senses for much longer than expected. Healthcare personnel first noticed that COVID-19 patients were losing their […]

(Natural News) Smelling a foul odor coming from somewhere is normal and is usually not a cause for concern. However, if the bad stench seems to come directly from the inside of your nostrils, it may be a sign of an underlying health condition. What’s up with your nose? Various health conditions – most of […]

(Natural News) Air pollution is an increasingly global problem as more and more industries produce massive amounts of pollutants that bring detrimental effects on air quality and ecosystems. According to the World Health Organization, about 97 percent of cities in low- and middle-income countries do not meet their air quality guidelines. Even in high-income countries, […]

(Natural News) The human nose can distinguish at least one trillion different scents. Many of these smells will come and go fairly quickly. However, others, such as disgusting smells, don’t disappear fast enough. The brain recognizes smells with the help of special sensory cells known as olfactory receptor neurons that are located inside the nose. Once […]

(Natural News) Your ability to detect odors may indicate the state of your health as you age. A study conducted on men and women between the ages of 71 and 82 found that those who had difficulty recognizing common odors were about 50 percent more likely to die within the next 10 years than those who retained their […]

(Natural News) Some of the dangers of pesticide exposure are painfully obvious – just ask the many people suffering from non-Hodgkin lymphoma after years of exposure to glyphosate. However, some negative effects are far more insidious, sneaking up on people so slowly that they don’t even make the connection to pesticide exposure. Case in point: […]

(Natural News) It turns out, people take cues from others to determine whether something smells good or bad, according to neuropsychologists from the Ruhr-Universität Bochum in Germany. In their study, which appeared in the journal Scientific Reports, the team looked at how the facial expression of others can influence how a person perceives an odor. According to the […]

(Natural News) Researchers from West Virginia have come across a connection between the sense of smell and the chances of developing brain disorders. In their recently published study, they found that movement of the wings of moths affected the animals’ olfactory sense, which in turn affected their brains, an article in News Wise stated. This […]

(Natural News) According to researchers from Northwestern University, a revolutionary “smell virtual landscape” that they developed allowed them to examine “how smells engage the brain’s navigation system.” The study is the first of its kind, and research results revealed that the mammalian brain is capable of forming a map of its surroundings using only smells. The researchers […]