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Health & MedicineRestoring Scents
Experimental treatments may activate the sense of smell in people who can detect few or no odors.
By Janet Raloff -
19852
This article concerning schizophrenia in Palau reported a high incidence of the disorder among first- and second-generation immigrants to the West from developing countries. Could the phenomenon of relatively successful immigrants to the West (or their children) being drawn into acts of terrorism be a manifestation of schizophrenia? Robert E. HubbardWinter Haven, Fla. Schizophrenia isn’t […]
By Science News -
Trouble in Paradise
Schizophrenia strikes inhabitants of the Micronesian nation of Palau, especially the men, at an unusually high rate, raising questions about culture's role in a disease usually regarded as purely biological.