A study revealed that those who live in high-traffic areas are more likely to develop this health-damaging disease. I know the details.
A group of researchers from the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences published a study in Health Data Science Magazine which concludes that people who live in high-traffic areas are more likely to develop dementiaa syndrome that affects the healthby damaging the brainaffecting memory, language, thinking and behavior.
The research was carried out with data from approximately 460,000 people, inhabitants of the United Kingdom, with an average age of 57 years.
Health: Why people who live in urban areas are more at risk of developing dementia
People who live in areas with more traffic are more likely to develop dementia, due to the high air pollution in urban areas. As a consequence, a reduction in the total mass of the brainwhich can lead to the development of neurodegenerative diseases, such as dementia.
The main pollutant is nitrogen dioxide, a highly toxic gas from the burning of fossil fuels, which is released all the time with the use of vehicles that use this material as their energy source. That is why it is associated with the risk of having dementia with the high amount of traffic.}
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Health: what results did the research have?
The results of the research revealed that people who live less than a kilometer from the main routes have between 13% and 14% more likely to develop dementia than those who live more than a kilometer from the busiest areas. .
This would represent 10% of existing dementia cases.
Health: what is dementia
The dementia It is a syndrome that has a set of symptoms. These include impairment of memory, thinking, language, judgment and behavior. The cause is damage to or deterioration of the cells of the brainwhich prevents them from communicating properly.
The affected functions will depend on the area of the brain that is affected, since each of them carries out a specific process.
Source: Ambito
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