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News - Dulled Sense Smell & Alzeheimer's

Posted Aug 26 2008 11:35pm

Dulled Sense of Smell Might Predict Alzheimer's

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By Ed Edelson
HealthDay Reporter
Tuesday, July 3, 2007; 12:00 AM

TUESDAY, July 3 (HealthDay News) -- Losing your sense of smell might be an early sign of cognitive decline, a new study finds.

"It has been reported before that people who already have mild cognitive impairment have difficulty with odors," noted lead researcher Robert S. Wilson, a professor of neuropsychology at the Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center in Chicago.

However, "no one has started [a study] with people with no cognitive impairment at all," he said. But the new research, published in the July issue of theArchives of General Psychiatry, did just that.
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