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Exposure to air pollution is making Alzheimer’s disease patients’ cognitive decline even worse, Pennsylvania researchers warned Monday, following a study. Living in areas with high levels of pollution ...

THURSDAY, Sept. 11, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Air pollution might speed up the devastating effects of Alzheimer’s disease on the brain, a new study says. Alzheimer’s patients exposed to higher levels of ...

There is a whole slew of factors that can increase Alzheimer's risk and the disease's progression. A new study just found that the air you breathe (and how polluted it is) could actually contribute to ...

The air you breathe doesn’t just affect your lungs. It could be toxic to your brain. A study by University of Pennsylvania researchers linked increased exposure to air pollution to worse cases of ...

Living in areas with higher levels of fine particulate air pollution (PM2.5) is linked to more severe buildup of amyloid plaques and tau tangles in Alzheimer’s disease. The study used post-mortem ...

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 ...

Exposure to high concentrations of air pollution may worsen Alzheimer's disease (AD) by accelerating the buildup of toxic proteins in the brain and speeding up cognitive decline. For the first time, ...

Could toxic algae be nudging marine mammals—and perhaps humans—toward cognitive collapse? Dolphins keep turning up on Florida ...