Brooke Shields takes time to ‘smell the flowers’ as she celebrates her 56th birthday

Brooke Shields takes time to ‘smell the flowers’ as she celebrates her 56th birthday… amid femur bone recovery By Kevin Kayhart For Dailymail.com Published: 01:35 BST, 1 June 2021 | Updated: 01:42 BST, 1 June 2021 Brooke Shields has a lot to be thankful for as she celebrated her 56th birthday on Monday, May 31. … Read more

Dying woman, 75, who was a mounted police officer granted final wish to see and smell a horse

The most moving story you’ll read this week: Dying woman who was the first female mounted police officer in the world is granted her final wish Rita Meredith believed to have been the UK’s first female mounted police officer Ms Meredith, 75, is in palliative care in Newcastle and not expected to leave Her dying … Read more

Dying woman who was a mounted police officer granted final wish to see and smell a horse

The most moving story you’ll read this week: Dying woman who was the first female mounted police officer in the world is granted her final wish Rita Meredith believed to have been the UK’s first female mounted police officer She is unwell in Calvary Mater Newcastle hospital and not expected to leave Her dying wish to … Read more

Ancient humans who could smell more complex aromas gained advantage over rivals, new book claims 

How quest for tastier food helped drive evolution: Ancient humans who could smell and desire more complex aromas gained advantage over rivals, new book claims Academics suggested early humans could smell complex aromas had advantage Claim the pursuit of flavour was the main reason for creation of tools and fire  Goes against scientists claims early … Read more

Covid: Loss of smell and taste may last FIVE MONTHS after infection

Recovered Covid patients who lost their sense of smell and taste after getting infected with the coronavirus may not see their senses return for up to five months. Anosmia, the loss or alteration of smell and taste, is formally recognised as a symptom of coronavirus infection.  Data from the Office for National Statistics shows half of … Read more

More than 10% of COVID-19 survivors unable to taste or smell six MONTHS later, survey finds

Millions of Americans may still be experiencing COVID-19 symptoms months after recovering from the infection, a new study suggests. Researchers found that nearly one-third of patients reported at least one persistent symptom of the disease. What’s more, the most common lingering effects were fatigue and the inability to taste or smell – affecting more than … Read more

‘Why can I smell things that aren’t really there?’: DR MARTIN SCURR answers your health questions 

Three years ago, I started noticing an unpleasant smell that no one else could detect. A neurosurgeon suggested it was phantosmia and that it would go; other specialists have been unable to explain it. I am 53. Have you come across anything like this? Lindsay Bruce, via email. Your symptom, although uncommon, is certainly not … Read more

Scientists trial whether candy could detect an infection because of a loss of taste and smell 

Could CANDY test for COVID? Scientists trial whether flavored sweets could detect an infection because of a loss of taste and smell Researchers at The Ohio State University are recruiting 2,800 participants and will track them for 90 days  Every day they will be asked sniff and eat one of eight different flavors of hard candy … Read more

Scientist blasts BBC after presenter said physics teachers were ‘grumpy, scary and smell of cabbage’

Fury at BBC home-schooling programme that tells pupils physics teachers are ‘grumpy, scary and smell of cabbage’ Actor & radio host Cel Spellman said physics teachers were ‘grumpy’ and ‘scary’ Dr Adam Rutherford criticised presenter for ‘ridiculous’ remarks on BBC Bitesize Spellman’s comments have also come under fire by people on social media  By Lydia … Read more

Sense of smell did not return to a quarter of Covid patients after 2 months

Nearly a quarter of patients who suffered loss of smell from coronavirus did not see it return two months later, new study found Researchers looked at data from of 2,581 patients from 18 European hospitals  Reveals 24.1% did not regain their smell and taste within 60 days of infection  But the senses did come back to … Read more