Taste, Smell Impairments May Help Identify People at Risk for Parkinson’s, Study Suggests

Impaired sense of smell or taste can raise a person’s risk of developing Parkinson’s disease 2.5 times, a study suggests. The study, “Incidence of Parkinson’s disease in a large patient cohort with idiopathic smell and taste loss,” was published in the Journal of Neurology. Currently, Parkinson’s…