MONDAY, Oct. 25 (HealthDay News) — Heavy smoking in middle age seems to increase the risk for developing Alzheimer’s disease or another dementia, a large new study suggests.
“We found that people who reported heavy smoking in midlife had more than a 100 percent increase in risk of Alzheimer’s disease and vascular dementia,” said lead researcher Rachel A. Whitmer, a research scientist in Kaiser Permanente’s Division of Research in Oakland, Calif.
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