New research suggests nose picking could increase risk for Alzheimer's and dementia

Medical Xpress / Griffith University / Scientific Reports ^ | Oct. 28, 2022 | Sheng Liu et al

[jmacusa]

You can pick your friends and you can pick your nose but you can’t pick your friends nose.

[Nifster]

So Mom was right once again

Besides it’s unsanitary and gross

[MayflowerMadam]

Thank you. I had never seen that before.

Seriously ... if the virus critter is so contagious that people must stay six feet from each other, a simple Q-Tip at the entrance of the nose (or the throat as mentioned in that article) would be sufficient. Having to go 6” up to the brain makes absolutely no sense at all

We’ve had two years of government lying to us, and making no sense at all.

[daniel1212]

Most everyone has nose hair removed, while it seems that blowing your nose wold help remove bacteria. So colds are are good in this regard.

[nagant]

1. A is caused by B.
2. B is caused by A.
3. A and B are both caused by C, an unexamined factor.

Nasal congestion and Alzheimer’s disease are both symptoms of prion disease. Like so many pop-medical studies this study has no ability to determine cause. It only offers some masters candidate an ability to secure a doctoral degree using drivel.

[Lurker]

Where did they find the nose picking mice? Is it a special breed? Did they have to train them? Of so, how did they train them?

L

[GaltAdonis]

It's already too late for this guy...

[Albion Wilde]

There goes lunch.

[Albion Wilde]

loss of sense of smell is an early indicator of Alzheimer's disease.

Can't smell a thing. Too many boogers in my nose.

[Albion Wilde]

You can pick your friends
And you can pick your nose
But you can’t pick your friend’s nose.

You might give him Alzheimer’s.

[Albion Wilde]

uh oh what happens if you scratch your ass?

Good question. And what happens if you scratch your ass first before you pick your nose?