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Dear Doctors: My husband and I just hit 65 and are interested in information about preserving memory. I just read about a study that says using your sense of smell more often can be helpful. Do you ...

Searching for new ways to help my senior patients improve and maintain cognitive functions, I came across an interesting research study from the University of California Irvine (Woo, C. et al. 2023) ...

For millions of people, losing their sense of smell quietly reshapes daily life. Meals lose nuance, familiar places feel ...

Dear Doctors: My husband and I just hit 65 and are interested in information about preserving memory. I just read about a study that says using your sense of smell more often can be helpful. Do you ...

A woman with white hair sniffs a bouquet of freshly picked daisies. Source: Anastasia Shuraeva / Pexels The whiff of perfume that calls up the image of an old friend, the heady mix of spices that ...

Q: My husband and I just hit 65 and are interested in information about preserving memory. I just read about a study that says using your sense of smell more often can be helpful. Do you have any ...

There are certain smells that conjure a specific time or place for me. That scent that comes with an electrical storm takes me to the New Hampshire lake where I used to spend summers as a child. The ...

Have you ever walked into a room and been instantly overwhelmed by a memory? The scent of perfume that reminds you of your mother, or fresh grass that evokes afternoons spent in the park... Scents ...