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The World Today - Scientists use smell tests to detect brain disorders
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Scientists use smell tests to detect brain disorders
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The World Today - Tuesday, 5 December , 2006 12:46:00
Reporter: Annie Guest
ELEANOR HALL: A new study published today reveals that when it comes to degenerative brain disorders, the nose knows.
Australian scientists are promising a new era in the detection of brain disorders like Alzheimer's, with diagnosis through smell tests.
The University of Melbourne team has discovered a link between an inability to identify odours and at least five diseases, as Annie Guest reports.
ANNIE GUEST: People with mental illnesses are often shunned. Sometimes an inability to care for their hygiene needs further isolates them.
But it was that very problem that was the genesis for the research by Associate Professor Warwick Brewer.
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