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NEWS ABOUT: sense of smell

sense of smell stories: 8 news summaries

FDA: Get Off Smell-Killing Zicam Nasal Spray, Now

Agency received over 130 reports of loss of smell sense

Jun 16, 09 12:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Food and Drug Administration is calling on consumers to stop using Zicam nasal treatments because they can permanently kill the sense of smell, the Wall Street Journal reports. Zicam is an over-the-counter cold and allergy medication sold in several forms; customers should reject internasal products that contain zinc. The... More »

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medicine • FDA • pharmaceutical companies • drug safety • drug companies • smell • allergy • sense of smell • nasal passages • medication • cold • warning • Zicam • Matrixx

Opera Sounds Good, But How Does It Smell?

New work opening at Guggenheim blasts
23 scents at audience

May 20, 09 8:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - A new opera premiering at the Guggenheim Museum in New York later this month will be a feast for the ears, the eyes—and the nose. Green Aria, a 30-minute "scent opera" years in the making, pairs music with 23 distinct odors blasted at the audience via individual... More »

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classical music • opera • scent • sense of smell • Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum • perfume • fragrance

Feeling Lonely? Give Your Sweetie's T-Shirt a Sniff

Men, women report snuggling with clothing

Jan 7, 09 3:17 PM CST
(Newser) - Both men and women cuddle with and smell their loved ones' clothing when they can't be together, MSNBC reports. "When I was going through high school and college, I would wear a boyfriend’s shirt to bed," said the author of a new study on how scent evokes... More »

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memory • psychology • sense of smell • scents

 Goodbye Smell, Hello Misery 

You lose more than the ability to sniff roses without this key sense

Jul 10, 08 9:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - When ranking physical attributes we’d hate to lose, most people put sense of smell at the bottom, on par with losing a big toe. But when Elizabeth Zierah lost hers—and thus her sense of taste—3 years ago after catching a cold, the ensuing string of scentless and... More »

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health • smell • sense of smell • losses • anosmia

 Coffee's Smell Alone
 Can Perk You Up 

Beverage's mere aroma increases wakefulness, study shows

Jun 16, 08 1:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - The aroma of coffee is enough to wake you up, a new study shows. Smelling coffee stimulated the expression of genes known to reverse the damaging effect of stress and sleep deprivation in test animals’ brains, international researchers tell LiveScience. Coffee’s stimulating effects have been known for ages, but... More »

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coffee • caffeine • stimulant • smell • sense of smell • scientific study • scientific research

 Patch Aims to Trigger 
 Sex With Smell 

Can a lemony 'libido patch' for women stir sensuality?

Apr 29, 08 1:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - A new patch is being marketed to make women think "sexy time"—but does it really work? Scentuelle’s “libido patch” claims to “turn you on” and “enhance feelings of sexuality through our sense of smell." Linda Dahlstrom of MSNBC tried it, and was... More »

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marriage • sex • family • relationship • sense of smell • sex drive

Tiny Shocks
Win by a Nose

Sense of smell shows electric response; technique could help PTSD patients

Mar 28, 08 4:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Electric shocks can sharpen the sense of smell, a finding that suggests new ways of altering sensory perception, the Chicago Tribune reports. MRIs showed subjects’ brains actually changing after researchers administered tiny shocks, which improved their ability to distinguish between similar smells. Because many psychological conditions relate to the senses,... More »

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mental health • brain • MRI • therapy • sense of smell • PTSD • electrical shocks • health research • phobias

Smell is Key for Sex and Sanity

Psychologist calls it the most emotionally evocative in new book

Oct 8, 07 7:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sight may be key for survival, but sex and sanity need the oft-overlooked sense of smell, says a Rhode Island psych prof. Rachel Herz’s The Scent of Desire argues that smell sparks the strongest feelings and memories, often in surprising ways: One woman hated the scent of roses because... More »

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study • psychology • sense of smell

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