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Syda Productions/Shutterstock">From the first reports coming out of Wuhan, Iran and later Italy, we knew that losing your sense of smell (anosmia) was a significant symptom of the disease. Now, after months of reports, both anecdotal and more rigorous clinical findings, we think we have a model for how this virus may cause smell loss.One…

calling on a journal to retract a paper on the effectiveness of masks, saying the study has “egregious errors” and contains numerous “verifiably false” statements.The scientists wrote a letter to the journal editors on Thursday, asking them to retract the study immediately “given the scope and severity of the issues we present, and the paper’s…

Share on PinterestNew research sheds light on the mechanisms that explain the effect of anesthesia.Anesthesia is one of the biggest mysteries of neuroscience. Despite health professionals using it every day for more than 150 years, the molecular mechanism by which general anesthetics produce their effects is unclear.Beyond being a medical quandary that could lead to…

Experts have recommended consuming lots of 'healthy' fats like oily fish in your diet (Getty Images)For a number of years, experts have talked about cholesterol in terms of “good” and “bad”.The former - known as HDL - is said to clear away cholesterol so that it is processed by the liver and removed from the…

For decades we’ve been told there’s ‘good’ cholesterol and there’s ‘bad’ cholesterol.The bad type, known as LDL, is responsible for damaging blood vessel walls and contributes to the build-up of inflamed fatty deposits known as plaques, which raises the risk of a heart attack or stroke.The good type, called HDL, does the opposite – clearing away…