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Lisa Howard

California, Sacramento
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Writer and communications specialist. Opinions are mine. I previously managed The Sacramento Bee's blog network.
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Air pollution may be harming your brain's 'encyclopedia'

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By Lisa Howard, Gaby Clark , Andrew Zinin 
| Medical Xpress
Distribution of long-term exposure to fine particulate matter < 2.5 µm in diameter for 17-year average from 2000 to 2016 across California. Credit: Alzheimer's & Dementia: Behavior & Socioeconomics of Aging (2026). DOI: 10.1002/bsa3.70074 A new study by researchers at UC Davis Health and Kaiser Permanente found that higher exposure to very small air pollution particles (PM2.5) over a 17-year span was associated with lower semantic memory.
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Air pollution may be harming your brain’s ‘encyclopedia’

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By Lisa Howard
| health.ucdavis.edu
(SACRAMENTO) Anew studyby researchers at UC Davis Health and Kaiser Permanente found that higher exposure to very small air pollution particles (PM2.5) over a 17-year span was associated with lower semantic memory. Semantic memory acts like the brain’s “encyclopedia” for things like facts, words and long-term general knowledge.
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Cold Hands, Warm Heart - Researchers Solve Medical Mystery

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By Lisa Howard
Blogs UC Davis Health researchers have discovered why mutations of a gene called TRPM4 cause very different effects in different parts of the body. Part of the answer is temperature, because the body core is much warmer than extremities like hands and feet. The saying “cold hands, warm heart” is usually meant metaphorically — but new research from UC Davis School of Medicine and collaborating institutions suggests it has a striking biological parallel.
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