The Power of Scent- Moving Beyond the Nose in Parkinson’s Disease

The Importance of
Smell

I just posted
an article on my website on the power of olfaction and its link to our
health, as well as our mortality. Specially, the sense of smell is intricate
for human survival. It modulates appetite and food preferences, is important
for detection of danger in the environment, is involved in pain processing and
the stress response, effects social relationships, and has a profound impact on
our emotions,
memory,
and physiological
responses. Furthermore, several studies have reported on the link between
loss of smell and aging, cognitive decline, and increase risk of death from all
causes. …read more