JPhillips
10-08-2014, 08:43 AM
This is a fascinating study. The gist is that in a study scientists found that an inability to recognize common smells was a greater indicator of death in five years than people with cancer and heart disease.
PEOPLE whose hearts are failing, or who have had cancer or lung disease, have good reason to be concerned about their future. People who have merely lost their sense of smell might not be so worried. Actually, though, their prospects are worse. You are more likely to die within five years if you cannot recognise common smells than if you have ever been diagnosed with one of those more obviously deadly illnesses.
http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21621702-low-olfactory-acuity-portends-curtailed-lifespan-scent-death?fsrc=rss|sct
PEOPLE whose hearts are failing, or who have had cancer or lung disease, have good reason to be concerned about their future. People who have merely lost their sense of smell might not be so worried. Actually, though, their prospects are worse. You are more likely to die within five years if you cannot recognise common smells than if you have ever been diagnosed with one of those more obviously deadly illnesses.
http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21621702-low-olfactory-acuity-portends-curtailed-lifespan-scent-death?fsrc=rss|sct