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The Exposome Comes Into Its Own

The term “exposome” has been percolating in scientific circles more with each passing year, but don’t be surprised to start seeing it mentioned in popular media, too.  The Exposome Defined What ex...

What is the Best Essential Oil for Anxiety and Stress?

Essential oils for anxiety have been used for hundreds of years. For most of that time, there was no documented, scientific evidence of essential oils’ efficacy, only the knowledge passed on from g...

Global Clinical Aromatherapy Leader Aeroscena Donates PPE Care Packages to First-Line Medical Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Clinical aromatherapy leader Aeroscena has assembled and distributed care packages to help meet the needs of first-line medical workers working around the clock to combat COVID-19 in hospitals a...

Essential Oils, Aromatherapy, and Self-Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic

The evidence-based use of essential oils in aromatherapeutic formulas is one way to manage some of the symptoms that are the result of the COVID-19 pandemic, including stress and insomnia, as well ...

How can aromatherapy fight caregiver stress, compassion fatigue, and job burnout in healthcare professionals?

Article Revised 09/01/23 Compassion fatigue, job burnout, and caregiver stress are becoming more widely studied and publicized conditions, especially as it pertains to the health of front-line car...

What are aromatherapy patches and essential oil stickers?

Article Revised 09/09/23 Aromatherapy patches (also known as essential oil stickers) are a simple, first-line medical-grade intervention. While also used in home environments, they were initially...

Does Aromatherapy Work?

The short answer is, yes; aromatherapy does work. The long answer, however, is somewhat more complicated. In truth, whether various aromas have an effect on human physiology and psychology should ...

Scent Habituation and Aromatherapy: Combatting Olfactory Fatigue in Clinical Application

Scent Habituation (also known as Olfactory Fatigue, or “nose blindness”) is the inability to distinguish or “smell” a particular scent as the result of ongoing exposure. The rate at and degree to w...

Nebraska Children’s Hospital Researchers Publish Study Demonstrating Successful Use of Ascents® Clinical Aromatherapy to Decrease Pain and Nausea, Improve Mood

Dr. Meaghann Weaver of Children’s Hospital & Medical Center (Omaha, Nebraska) recently published the results of her palliative care study utilizing Aeroscena®'s Ascents®-brand clinical aromath...

What is Clinical Aromatherapy?

At its most basic, aromatherapy is the use of scent for therapeutic purposes. Aromatherapy has been around for as long as humans have been gathering plants. Before the distillation process was inv...