Can Nose-Picking Raise Alzheimer’s Dementia Risk?

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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