New Studies Highlight the Negative Effect of Pollution on Brain Health
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New Studies Highlight, the Negative Effect of Pollution, on Brain Health.
'The New York Times' reports that working
out in polluted air may negate some
of the brain benefits provided by exercise. .
Two new studies that took a look at exercise, air quality and
brain health found that people who get vigorous exercise tended
to have larger brain volumes and a reduced risk of dementia. .
However, people who exercised in areas with
moderate levels of air pollution saw the expected
brain benefits of exercise virtually disappear. .
According to a 2013 study, older Americans living in
high-pollution areas tended to develop higher rates of
mental decline than older people living in less polluted areas.
According to one of the recent studies, published
in January in 'Neurology,' the heavier you breathe, such as when exercising, the more air pollutants you draw in. .
The results of the first study were followed up
in another study published this month in
'Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise.'.
The follow-up study showed that regardless of getting
regular exercise, people in moderately-polluted areas
had an increased long-term risk of developing dementia. .
These data are of significant
importance in terms of our
understanding of modifiable
risk factors for brain aging, Pamela Lein, a professor of neurotoxicity at the University
of California, Davis, via 'The New York Times'.
The observation that air pollution negates
the well-established beneficial effects
of exercise on brain health is alarming
and increases the urgency for developing
more-effective regulatory policies, Pamela Lein, a professor of neurotoxicity at the University
of California, Davis, via 'The New York Times'
'The New York Times' reports that working
out in polluted air may negate some
of the brain benefits provided by exercise. .
Two new studies that took a look at exercise, air quality and
brain health found that people who get vigorous exercise tended
to have larger brain volumes and a reduced risk of dementia. .
However, people who exercised in areas with
moderate levels of air pollution saw the expected
brain benefits of exercise virtually disappear. .
According to a 2013 study, older Americans living in
high-pollution areas tended to develop higher rates of
mental decline than older people living in less polluted areas.
According to one of the recent studies, published
in January in 'Neurology,' the heavier you breathe, such as when exercising, the more air pollutants you draw in. .
The results of the first study were followed up
in another study published this month in
'Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise.'.
The follow-up study showed that regardless of getting
regular exercise, people in moderately-polluted areas
had an increased long-term risk of developing dementia. .
These data are of significant
importance in terms of our
understanding of modifiable
risk factors for brain aging, Pamela Lein, a professor of neurotoxicity at the University
of California, Davis, via 'The New York Times'.
The observation that air pollution negates
the well-established beneficial effects
of exercise on brain health is alarming
and increases the urgency for developing
more-effective regulatory policies, Pamela Lein, a professor of neurotoxicity at the University
of California, Davis, via 'The New York Times'