Air Pollution and Dementia—Through Hazy Data, Links Emerge
Traffic and industrial exhaust have long been linked to respiratory and cardiovascular disease, but far fewer studies have examined what this smog might do to the brain.
Traffic and industrial exhaust have long been linked to respiratory and cardiovascular disease, but far fewer studies have examined what this smog might do to the brain.
At this week’s virtual Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC), two reports drew attention by turning on its head the field’s emerging research trend suggesting that systemic infections could help trigger Alzheimer’s pathology in the brain.
Phazha Bothongo attended the Preventative Neurology Unit Symposium, Queen Mary University of London a couple of weeks ago. In this blog she shares a few highlights from a great programme of world class speakers.
This week we are at Queen Mary University, London – talking to three panellists about what they discovered at the ‘Prediction and Prevention in Neurodegenerative Disease Symposium’, held on the 29th November.
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