People in Southern California with relatively high exposures to wildfire smoke over a decade also had significantly higher risks for dementia, a new study warns.

MONDAY, Nov. 25, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- People in Southern California with relatively high exposures to wildfire smoke over a decade also had significantly higher risks for dementia, a new study warns. In fact, the fine-particle pollution created by ...

Exposure to the tiny pollutants emitted by wildfires may be increasing the older adult population’s odds of dementia diagnosis, a new study has found. Among more than 1.2 million people tracked

Long-term exposure to wildfire smoke in fire-riddled Southern California has been associated with diagnoses of dementia, researchers said Monday. Now, in an 11-year study of more than 1.2 million Kaiser Permanente members in Southern California ages 60 and ...