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What the air you breathe may be doing to your brain

Studies link fine particulate matter (PM2.5) exposure to nearly 20% higher risk of severe Alzheimer’s pathology and 12% increased Lewy body dementia hospitalizations.

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By Paula Span, KFF Health News For years, the two patients had come to the Penn Memory Center at the University of Pennsylvania, where doctors and researchers follow people with cognitive impairment as they age, as well as a group with normal cognition. Both patients, a man and a woman, had agreed to donate their brains after they died for further research. “An amazing gift,” said Edward Lee, the neuropathologist who directs the brain bank at th…

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Pioneer Press broke the news in Saint Paul, United States on Saturday, November 22, 2025.
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