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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Jessica Knibbs

Alzheimer's disease risk increased by picking your nose and plucking hair, warns study

Picking your nose is not only a gross habit, but it could be causing you to have a higher risk of dementia, researchers have warned.

The habit spreads bacteria, which could further increase the brain degenerative disease.

As we get older our brains begin to shrink, but in Alzheimer’s disease the changes seen in the brain are far more different from the changes seen in normal ageing.

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