(HealthDay)—Air pollution causes you to gasp and wheeze. Smog puts strain on your hearts and inflames your lungs.
Could dirty air also be costing you your brain health?
A trio of new studies finds that air quality appears linked to a risk of thinking declines and dementia, and bad air might even promote toxic brain proteins that are a hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease.
“This is extremely exciting, because it indicates the potential that improving air quality levels could have on mortality levels, other areas of health, and also perhaps risk of dementia,” said Claire Sexton, director of scientific programs and outreach for the Alzheimer’s Association.
In the first study, researchers found…
