Can Nose Picking Raise the Risk of Alzheimer’s and Dementia?

Alzheimer's disease causes more deaths than chest and prostate growth combined. Nose picking affects your unique nasal microbiome and increases your risk of other health conditions.

STORY AT-A-GLANCE

• Surveys show that most people pick their nose, which researchers have found increases the risk of Chlamydia pneumoniae traveling along the olfactory nerve to the brain in an animal model

• The brain cells responded by depositing amyloid beta protein, known as a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease. Researchers are now investigating if the same …