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The Guardian: Air pollution particles in young brains linked to Alzheimer's damage
The Guardian: Air pollution particles in young brains linked to Alzheimer's damage

Exclusive: if discovery is confirmed it will have global implications as 90% of people breathe dirty air.

Tiny air pollution particles have been revealed in the brain stems of young people and are intimately associated with molecular damage linked to Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease.

If the groundbreaking discovery is confirmed by future research, it would have worldwide implications because 90% of the global population live with unsafe air. Medical experts are cautious about the findings and said that while the nanoparticles are a likely cause of the damage, whether this leads to disease later in life remains to be seen.

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The Times: Children who do puzzles ‘reduce risk of dementia in later life’
The Times: Children who do puzzles ‘reduce risk of dementia in later life’

Reading fairy tales and solving puzzles with your children could reduce their risk of developing dementia in later life, it has been claimed.

The suggestion came after research found that eight-year-olds with strong problem-solving skills retained them in old age.

Scientists studied 502 Britons born in the same week in March 1946 who took thinking and memory tests at eight and again between the ages of 69 and 71. They found that “childhood cognitive ability was strongly associated with cognitive scores . . . more than 60 years later”.

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