Dementia Risk Rises As Air Pollution Inflames The Brain

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 directly linked to increased dementia risk

An analysis of 56 million people has shown that exposure to air pollution increases the risk of developing a particular form of dementia, the third most common type after Alzheimer’s disease and ... Read More

What the air you breathe may be doing to your brain

For years, the two patients had come to the Penn Memory Center at the University of Pennsylvania, where doctors and researchers follow people with cognitive impairment as they age, as well as a group ... Read More

Study finds possible molecular connection between air pollution and Lewy body dementia risk

A team of researchers found there is a possible molecular connection between air pollution and an increased risk of developing Lewy body dementia. The study builds on a decade of research linking ... 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

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

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