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Air pollution linked to dementia and cardiovascular disease:
The number of people living with dementia is projected to triple in the next 30 years. No curative treatment has been identified and the search for modifiable risk and protective factors remains a public health priority. Recent studies have linked both cardiovascular disease and air pollution to the development of dementia, but findings on the air pollution-link have been scarce and inconsistent.
In this study, the researchers examined the link between long-term exposure to air pollution and dementia and what role cardiovascular diseases play in that association. Almost 3,000 adults with an average age of 74 and living in the Kungsholmen district in central Stockholm were followed for up to 11 years. Of those, 364 people developed dementia. The annual average level of particulate matter 2.5 microns or less in width (PM2.5) are considered low compared to international standards.
"Interestingly, we were able to establish harmful effects on human health at levels below current air pollution standards," says first author Giulia Grande, researcher at the Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society at Karolinska Institutet. "Our findings suggest air pollution does play a role in the development of dementia, and mainly through the intermediate step of cardiovascular disease and especially stroke."
Journal Reference:
Giulia Grande, Petter L. S. Ljungman, Kristina Eneroth, Tom Bellander, Debora Rizzuto. Association Between Cardiovascular Disease and Long-term Exposure to Air Pollution With the Risk of Dementia. JAMA Neurology, 2020; DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2019.4914
(Score: 5, Informative) by The Mighty Buzzard on Tuesday March 31 2020, @05:20PM (15 children)
Trump Derangement Syndrome. Folks who lost their entire minds that he got elected and have been in a constant fit of sanity-destroying rage about it ever since.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2) by PiMuNu on Tuesday March 31 2020, @07:02PM
Thanks!
(Score: 0, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 31 2020, @08:36PM (6 children)
Oh, so it doesn't refer to the constrant fits of sanity-destroying rage that led to the election of Trump? I always got it backwards then.
(Score: 1, Offtopic) by The Mighty Buzzard on Tuesday March 31 2020, @09:08PM (4 children)
Run someone who doesn't suck so horribly that Donald Fucking Trump kicks their ass if it hurts you that badly.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Wednesday April 01 2020, @01:50PM (3 children)
I can't fault what you say. It is true.
However it seems an attempt to excuse the other party for running someone as awful as Trump.
It's hypocrisy at its finest. Don't do the bad thing that I did.
The lower I set my standards the more accomplishments I have.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Wednesday April 01 2020, @03:35PM (1 child)
Successfully, we should note. For all the awfulness of Trump, he was what Republican voters wanted in the 2016 nomination. Meanwhile Democrats apparently wanted someone like Clinton or Sanders. No use complaining about hypocrisy under such circumstances.
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Wednesday April 01 2020, @04:01PM
Can't argue with that.
The lower I set my standards the more accomplishments I have.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Friday April 03 2020, @05:57AM
That's because he was better than the tools the Republicans ran as well. Me, I voted for the stoner on the grounds that I don't want to be sober anymore if this is the best we can do.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 01 2020, @03:46AM
No that was ODS. Similar but not as infectious and a lower mortality rate.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by JoeMerchant on Tuesday March 31 2020, @09:10PM (3 children)
Stupider things have happened than the election of Trump - the Re-election of W. for instance.
What will be amazing is if we manage to re-elect a man who can't even properly read a teleprompter, who consistently demonstrates the maturity of a toddler combined with the mental acuity of an Alzheimer's patient, a man who you can only depend on to criticize others for what he himself does more and worse.
But, hey, we got some fiscal responsibility, and tax cuts, and reductions in those frivolous big government things like healthcare and the CDC, and now we have the single biggest cash handout in the history of the world to go with it. But, as my mom says, that's not his fault, he's doing the best he can. Yeah mom, he is doing the best he can, shouldn't we elect somebody who can do better? (Like, anybody selected at random?)
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(Score: 3, Informative) by The Mighty Buzzard on Tuesday March 31 2020, @09:35PM (2 children)
Dude, just run someone who's not so colossally shitty that Donald Fucking Trump is a better alternative. It's really not that difficult of a thing to find. Hell, it's not even hard to find among registered Democrats. It's pretty fucking nonexistent among national-level Democrat politicians though.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by JoeMerchant on Wednesday April 01 2020, @12:48AM (1 child)
No shit. National level Republicans too for that matter, which is how we landed the great Cheeto.
I met Rubio face-to-face a few months before his first senate run, he delivered a sympathetic and message of hope speech to a parents' group. A more obvious two faced liar I have yet to meet.
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(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Wednesday April 01 2020, @11:10AM
Truth. S'a significant part of why I voted for the stoner last time around.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by cmdrklarg on Tuesday March 31 2020, @09:17PM (2 children)
Wow, that's the exact same definition as ODS (Obama Derangement Syndrome).
The world is full of kings and queens who blind your eyes and steal your dreams.
(Score: 5, Funny) by The Mighty Buzzard on Tuesday March 31 2020, @09:35PM (1 child)
Yup, orange is the new black.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 01 2020, @12:15PM
Okay, that was totally awesome, thanks for the laugh.