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Epidemiological studies have linked dirty air to dementia and other brain disorders. Now researchers are trying to determine how pollutants do their damage, and how much harm they cause. In 2012, ...

Exposure to air pollution was analysed over two periods: from birth to three years of age and in the year before the neuroimaging assessment. "This is one of the first studies to explore how air ...

Breathing polluted air may do more than harm your lungs — it could also increase your risk of Alzheimer’s disease. In a sweeping study of nearly 28 million older Americans, researchers found that long ...