Study reveals one environmental factor may be the key to slowing cognitive decline: 'The brain is better able to recover'
With heart health and brain health linked, it stands to reason that one would affect the other.
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With heart health and brain health linked, it stands to reason that one would affect the other.
Previous reports have linked long-term air pollution exposure with accumulation of Alzheimer's disease-related brain plaques, but this is the first accumulated evidence that reducing pollution, especially fine particulates in the air and pollutants from the burning of fuel, is associated with lower risk of all-cause dementia and Alzheimer's disease.
During the past decade, a growing body of research has shown that air pollution harms older adults' brains, contributing to cognitive decline and dementia. What hasn't been clear is whether improving air quality would benefit brain health.
Improving air quality appears to slow cognitive decline and reduce the risk of developing dementia in older women living in the U.S., according to a new study by researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of USC.
Improving air quality appears to slow cognitive decline and reduce the risk of developing dementia in older women, according to a new study by researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of USC in California.