Nose-Picking Habit May Increase Alzheimer’s Risk, Study Suggests
A comprehensive analysis of numerous studies on the origins of neurological diseases has found compelling evidence that frequent nose-picking may increase the risk of Alzheimer’s disease. This report, authored by researchers from Western Sydney University, was published in the Biomolecules journal late last year. The researchers suggested that neuroinflammation in Alzheimer’s disease could be partially triggered by viral, bacterial, and fungal pathogens that enter the brain through the nose and olfactory system. Chronic nose-picking, or …