Sunday 1 October 2017

Elderly who have trouble identifying odors face risk of dementia

Elderly who have trouble identifying odors face risk of dementia

A long-term study of nearly 3,000 adults, aged 57 to 85, found that those who could not identify at least four out of five common odors were more than twice as likely as those with a normal sense of smell to develop dementia within five years.
Read more: https://sciencelife.uchospitals.edu/2017/09/29/elderly-who-have-trouble-identifying-odors-face-risk-of-dementia/?source=Snapzu

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