Can Nose-Picking Raise Alzheimer’s Dementia Risk?

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New research suggests that picking your nose could increase your risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia.

Bacteria can travel through the nasal cavity’s olfactory nerve — streamlined through a pick — reach the brain and create markers that are “a tell-tale sign of Alzheimer’s disease,” according to scientists from Australia’s Griffith University.

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