Failing smell sense likely death sign: Study.......... V

[Ponce]

Good news, if you don't smell me it does not means that you are about to die......but simply that I took a shower hahahahahahahaah
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A study shows that a declining sense of smell could be sign of death approaching. (File photo)Thu Oct 2, 2014 9:6AM GMT
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Flopping a simple smell test as a senior could predict one’s approaching demise, a new study shows.

Thirty-nine percent of the subjects of the study, which was published on Wednesday, who failed the test died within just five years.

This was compared to the 19 percent among those with moderate smell loss and just 10 percent of those with a healthy sense of smell.

The study saw researchers from the University of Chicago asking the subjects, aged between 57 and 85 to name distinct odors, namely peppermint, fish, orange, rose, and leather.

“We think loss of the sense of smell is like the canary in the coal mine,” said the study’s lead author Jayant Pinto, an associate professor of surgery at the university. “Of all human senses, smell is the most undervalued and underappreciated -- until it’s gone.”

Professor Tim Jacob of Cardiff University, who was not involved in the research, has said, “This well-conducted study suggests the sense of smell is intimately linked to health and wellbeing.

Martha McClintock, a senior author of the study, said, “Obviously, people don’t die just because their olfactory system is damaged.”

[General of Darkness]

My mother lost her sense of smell like 40 years ago. I guess we could consider her a survivor. I wonder how much grant money Mr. Pinto got? Fucking stupid shit.

[Glass]

My snese of smell is sometimes good and sometimes crap. I must be like the walking dead or something. I can still smell beer so thats something.... oh and lovely ladies in their spring frocks and smelling oh so sweet.

[Neuro]

This probably doesn't prove anything, first of all it was a great spread in ages in the study 57 to 85, most likely the loss of smell group was older than the normal group, and if you are older you are more likely to die. Second, how big was the study? If it was a small study chances are that it was just a chance occurrence! Third loss of smell sense is more common among smokers for instance, and smokers die earlier. As the general said a bullshit study!

[EE_]

The study was 99.9% accurate in the 85 year old male group, almost all died within 5 years...whether they could smell or not.

[Hitch]

The study was 99.9% accurate in the 85 year old male group, almost all died within 5 years...whether they could smell or not.

EE_ I got a grant and found out that 25% to 90% of 50 year old males could smell just fine, and they died with in 30 years as well.

Let's take a break from all this hard work and grant money and meet up in Vegas.

[Horn]

oh and lovely ladies in their spring frocks and smelling oh so sweet.

Could be what you are able to smell, is what keeps you alive.

[palani]

I have it on authority that when you start to smell you are likely dead.