Being exposed to higher air pollution levels for a month could speed up cognitive decline in older men, a study has suggested.
Researchers found people performed poorer in recall and reaction time tests if air pollution levels increased in the 28 days before they were quizzed.
But men taking commonly prescribed anti-inflammatory drugs such as aspirin were less affected, scientists discovered.
The study, by Peking University in China, looked at a cohort of nearly 1,000 men with an average age of 70 who lived in Boston in the US.
Cognitive function was assessed using a series of tests over time to determine their memory, attention and learning.
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Mar 9, 2021
EAST LIVERPOOL Longtime area resident Florence E. “Flo” Calhoun, of East Liverpool, passed away Saturday, March 6, 2021. She was 90.
Born in Lorain, OH on December 6, 1930. Flo was graduated from Albion High School in Pennsylvania in 1949 and moved to East Liverpool with her family the following year. She began work at the former Acme Pottery in Wellsville, where she remained until 1960. When Hill’s Department Store opened its doors in 1964, Flo became a faithful employee until years later when she went to work for the Dream Shoppe in Chester and then in East Liverpool.
Known throughout the area for her expertise in cookie baking, Flo taught many classes in cake decorating and candy making, and was well known for her beautiful wedding cakes and cookies. She took great joy in her creations until her Parkinson’s would not let her hold a knife to ice the cakes, but she was able to bake some of her grandchildren’s favorite sugar cookies.
Monash University senior research fellow Dr Alice Owen, an author on the study, said all the supplements were approved by the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) as safe for normal use in Australia, but they did not have to prove that the product was effective.
âThey donât necessarily regulate how well they work,â she said. âThey are definitely very safe, there are no safety concerns about taking complementary medicine but they may not be very effective.â
Owen said the high rates of complementary medicine use in this age group raised concerns that older Australians, who may be living on a fixed or low income, may be buying ineffective complementary medicine at the expense of evidence-based treatment options.
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