In a study that tracked almost 2,000 community-dwelling older people for eight years, researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine claim they have significant new evidence of a connection between diminished sense of smell and risk of developing late-life depression.
Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine say they have significant new evidence of a relationship between reduced sense of smell and risk of developing late-life depression in a study that followed over 2,000 community-dwelling older persons for eight years.
"These patients show evidence of accelerated biological aging, and poor physical and brain health," which are the main drivers of this association, said Breno Diniz, a UConn School of Medicine geriatric psychiatrist and author of the study, which appears in Nature Mental Health.