I'm Joe Graydon. And I'm Terry Graydon. Welcome to this podcast of the People's Pharmacy.

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people's pharmacy.com. Of all our senses, smell often gets the least attention. When we lose it,

however, the impact can be devastating.

This is the People's Pharmacy with Terry and Joe Graden.

COVID-19 has affected tens of millions of people.

Many lost their sense of smell during the infection.

In fact, that was a distinctive early symptom.

Most have recovered their sense of smell, but not all.

Many people are still suffering from what doctors call anasmia. Is there anything that can be done when people have problems with their sense of smell?

Our guest has conducted promising clinical trials that offer hints for healing.

We'll also discuss aromatherapy.

Coming up on the people's pharmacy, learn about the science of smell.

In the People's Pharmacy Health Headlines, scientists have just figured out how aspirin can help

keep cancers from spreading.

They've known about that effect for nearly 50 years, but because they didn't know the mechanism,

doctors have not often recommended aspirin for their patients with cancer.

The new study was published in the important research journal Nature.

The authors note that metastasizing cancer cells are uniquely vulnerable to immune attack.

When they're on the move, they haven't surrounded themselves

with the protection that a tumor can mount. Consequently, the activity of aspirin is most successful

against cancer cells in transit to other parts of the body. Aspirin is an anti-platelet medication,

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