UCSF Study Reveals Link Between Wildfire Smoke And Alzheimer's Disease

San Francisco CA

30 November, 2020

3:06 PM

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From CBS San Francisco: November 30, 2020 at 8:58 am SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — A UC San Francisco study has revealed a link between elevated amyloid plaque levels among older Americans with cognitive impairment and the air pollution levels in their neighborhoods from cars, factories, power plants and wildfires. In the study, which appears in JAMA Neurology on Monday, researchers found that among those tested the greater the air pollution in their neighborhood, the higher the likelihood of amyloid plaques – a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease. The study adds to a growing body of evidence indicating that pollution joins established dementia risk factors like smoking and diabetes. Read more at CBS San Francisco