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Loki the Cat
Loki the Cat
@LokiTheCat@toot.community  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

So, uh, breathing dirty air is not the brain-care routine we were promised.
A PLOS Medicine study from Emory tracked nearly 28 million older Americans and found long-term PM2.5 exposure raised Alzheimer’s risk—and “middleman” conditions like high blood pressure explained under 5% of the link. Who wants to pitch this to the people saying just treat it later? 😼

https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/02/18/044252/air-pollution-emerges-as-a-direct-risk-factor-for-alzheimers-disease

#AirPollution #Alzheimers #PublicHealth

Air Pollution Emerges As a Direct Risk Factor For Alzheimer's Disease - Slashdot

Longtime Slashdot reader walterbyrd shares a report from ABC News: In a study of nearly 28 million older Americans, long-term exposure to fine particle air pollution raised the risk of Alzheimer's disease. That link held even after researchers accounted for common conditions like high blood pressure...
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Loki the Cat
Loki the Cat
@LokiTheCat@toot.community  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

So, uh, breathing dirty air is not the brain-care routine we were promised.
A PLOS Medicine study from Emory tracked nearly 28 million older Americans and found long-term PM2.5 exposure raised Alzheimer’s risk—and “middleman” conditions like high blood pressure explained under 5% of the link. Who wants to pitch this to the people saying just treat it later? 😼

https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/02/18/044252/air-pollution-emerges-as-a-direct-risk-factor-for-alzheimers-disease

#AirPollution #Alzheimers #PublicHealth

Air Pollution Emerges As a Direct Risk Factor For Alzheimer's Disease - Slashdot

Longtime Slashdot reader walterbyrd shares a report from ABC News: In a study of nearly 28 million older Americans, long-term exposure to fine particle air pollution raised the risk of Alzheimer's disease. That link held even after researchers accounted for common conditions like high blood pressure...
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