Have you ever noticed how food tastes bland when you have a blocked nose? That’s because taste and smell are deeply interconnected. Our tongue may detect the basic tastes, sweet, salty, sour, bitter, ...

Researchers say that GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic used to treat type 2 diabetes may impair a person’s sense of taste and smell.

The absolute risk appears low, but new data suggest small changes in smell and taste with GLP-1 treatment may exceed those already associated with type 2 diabetes.

New research has identified a potential, if small, added risk of smell and taste disturbances linked to GLP-1 use.

A new study from Sweden’s Karolinska Institute found that the brain’s taste cortex responds not only to flavors on the tongue but also to aromas that reach the nose while eating, known as retronasal ...

Great news for those who lost some or all of their sense of smell or taste due to COVID-19: The effect, while persistent, does not appear to be permanent. A study led by the University of Trieste, ...

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In a recent study published in the journal JAMA Network Open, researchers aimed to quantitatively assess the long-term smell and taste-associated outcomes of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) using ...

When you get treatment for epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-positive non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), food and drinks may suddenly taste or smell different. Water can taste metallic. Coffee ...