Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jess Loren remembers loving the taste of Cap'n Crunch cereal. Coca-Cola. Snickers bars. But now, instead of a sweetness, "they ...

For millions of people, the COVID-19 pandemic is far from over. Roughly one in four people who were sick with COVID-19 during the early days of the pandemic have yet to regain their sense of smell or ...

On the heels of my last bout of COVID, things that used to taste good tasted bad or, sometimes, like not much at all. I know that loss of taste is a side effect of COVID, but should I worry? Could ...

A new study from Mass Eye and Ear estimates that millions of Americans did not fully recover their sense of taste or smell after contracting COVID. The study found that 60% of people lost some ability ...

Many workers in the food industry experiencing parosmia — or a long-term distorted sense of smell — find their lives and livelihoods disrupted. And they have trouble accessing help. Anaïs Saint-André ...

Scientists from the Technical University of Denmark (DTU), the University of Copenhagen, and Caltech have advanced the capabilities of artificially intelligent algorithms by adding a new dimension - ...

As a scientist who investigates hunger and weight control, I’m interested in the way our brains let us know we’ve had enough. As we begin to feel full, we slow down how quickly we eat. For decades, ...

Chemotherapy is an effective way to treat cancer, but it comes with many side effects. One that isn't talked about a lot is changes in sense of taste. Experts say chemo can cause food to taste ...

Jess Loren remembers loving the taste of Cap'n Crunch cereal. Coca-Cola. Snickers bars. But now, instead of a sweetness, "they taste bland," she says. Flavors are noticeably muted since she started a ...