Cigarette smoking a risk factor for Alzheimer's disease, study shows

An analysis of published studies on the relationship between Alzheimer's disease and smoking indicates that smoking cigarettes is a significant risk factor for the disease. After controlling for study design, quality of the journals, time of publication, and tobacco industry affiliation of the authors, the research team also found an association between tobacco industry affiliation and the conclusions of individual studies.

Read the whole article on Science Daily

More from Science Daily