Sweet taste cells resist nerve damage through c-Kit protein, study finds

Taste is one of our most vital senses, shaping appetite, nutrition, and quality of life. Yet taste buds are fragile, relying ...
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6 Tricky Foods That Affect Your Sense of Taste

A chemical in the vegetable called cynarin latches on to the sweet receptors on your tongue without activating them. If you drink water after eating artichokes, the cynarin molecules wash away from ...

Dear Doctor: 2 years after a bout with COVID, woman still has no sense of taste, smell

ANSWER: Most people recover their loss of smell after COVID. Having had this for two years is a bad sign; however, the fact ...
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Your sense of taste could predict if you’re more likely to die younger

If you’re among the 19% of Americans who report changes in their sense of taste as they get older, it might be some cause for alarm. New research suggests that losing your sense of taste, especially ...

Health Beat: Sense of taste after chemo

Chemotherapy is an effective way to treat cancer, but it comes with many side effects. One that isn't talked about a lot is ...
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Most people never fully recover their sense of smell after COVID

A new study shows COVID-19 smell loss is widespread, lasting, and often hidden—even in people who think they’ve fully recovered.