Senses and Stuff

 https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0107541

Apparently, a decline in your sense of smell correlates to death within 5 years in older adults. They suggest this is because a loss in your "smelling cells" marks a decline in all your more refined cells. And guess what? Those are in your nervous system and things associated with it. It makes sense when you think about it like that, but it's startling to see. In the chart below anosmia (loss of smell) and hyposmia (reduced ability to smell) are higher morality risk factors than COPD! And cancer!




Also here is my score for the color challenge test :-)


 

 



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