LOSING SENSE OF SMELL 'EARLY DEMENTIA SIGN'
Irish Daily Mirror|July 27, 2023
AN inability to smell things may show someone has early dementia, research suggests.
MARTIN BAGOT
LOSING SENSE OF SMELL 'EARLY DEMENTIA SIGN'

It found older adults with an Alzheimer's gene were 37% less likely to have a good sense of smell. Carriers of APOE e4, which increases the risk of the memory loss condition, began losing the sense at 65 to 69 years old.

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