Can Sense OF Smell Foretell Your Death?

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Can Sense OF Smell Foretell Your Death?

.	Sense of Smell Can Foretell Your Death (Google Images: picture of nose in act of smelling) As we age, it's not unusual to need reading glasses and hearing aids as our senses wane. But a surprising study has now claimed that losing your sense of smell when you're older could mean that your time is near, a sign portending your impending death. In short, this study links your waning sense of smell with your longevity. Scientists from Rush University Medical Center in Chicago found that the more everyday odors a person can identify, the more likely they are to be alive several years later. The team gave more than 1,000 volunteers, aged between 53 and 100, a standard 12-item smell test. Study leader Dr Robert Wilson told Mail Online: 'We used a scratch and sniff test for each odor where the participant had a choice of four options. 'The odors were fairly familiar such as smoke, lemon, black pepper, chocolate and cinnamon.' The researchers then followed the participants, none of whom had dementia or Parkinson's disease at the time, for four years. During this period, 321 individuals or 27.6 per cent died. Amazingly, they found that the risk of death was 36 per cent higher for those who only got six of the answers correct compared to those who managed to identify 11 out of 12. This association was true even when age, disability, depression, brain dysfunction and leisure activity was taken into account. Mortality Linked With Decreased Sense Of Smell Writing in January's edition of the journal Chemical Senses, Dr Wilson and his team wrote: 'The results indicate that difficulty identifying familiar odors in old age is associated with increased risk of death. ' Dr Wilson said his previous research had found that an impaired sense of smell could be an early sign of some common neuro-degenerative conditions such as dementia. He added: 'Each of these conditions develops slowly over a period of years and is associated with increased mortality. 'It is olfactory impairment’s correlation with these conditions that we think accounts for its correlation with mortality.' Source: Claire Bates, "How your sense of smell could predict when you're going to die"; 13th January 2011 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1346505/Your-sense-smell-predict-youre-going-DIE.html?ITO=1490 Cap'ns TOPICS-LINKS	BOOKMARK or Press: Ctrl D SHARE THIS Share CONTACT	.

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