Dementia Risk Rises As Air Pollution Inflames The Brain

Air Pollution's Dark Side: Dementia Link Uncovered by Expert

Neurologist Dr. Joy Dev Mukherji reveals a statistical correlation between air pollution and dementia, while dismissing its link to strokes. Amid worsening air quality in Delhi, measures are being ... Read More

Can Long-Term Air Pollution Exposure Raise Your Dementia Risk? Experts Explain

The State of Global Air 2025 report offers a worrying look at how the planet’s air quality is declining. It reveals that pollution has now become the second biggest cause of premature deaths worldwide ... Read More

Air pollution may play a bigger role in cognitive decline than anyone realized

Air pollution could worsen Alzheimer’s and dementia symptoms, according to a new study. Researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have found that air pollution ... Read More

New Evidence Links Pollution to Dementia Risk

As the baby boomers age and the global population grows older, dementia rates are rising. Increasingly, we hear wellness advice focused on protecting cognitive health, including eating brain-healthy ... Read More

What the Air You Breathe May Be Doing to Your Brain

Studies increasingly find links between higher concentrations of certain pollutants and the prevalence of dementia. By Paula Span For years, the two patients had come to the Penn Memory Center at the ... Read More

Air Pollution Linked to Pressure on Mental Health Services

Higher levels of air pollution were associated with an increased use of mental health services by patients with dementia, according to a retrospective cohort study of more than five thousand people. Read More

You’re 40% more likely to develop dementia if you have trouble sleeping this many times a week

Don’t sleep on this troubling sign that may increase your risk of dementia. Age, genetics, high blood pressure, unmanaged Type 2 diabetes, smoking and untreated hearing loss are among the major risk ... Read More

What causes this common type of dementia? Scientists discover a new clue.

We know inhaling polluted air harms our lungs—but what about our brains? According to compelling new research, pollution may put you at higher risk of being hospitalized for one of the most common ... Read More

Think light drinking protects your brain? Think again

A massive new study combining observational and genetic data overturns the long-held belief that light drinking protects the brain. Researchers found that dementia risk rises in direct proportion to ... Read More