Episode 149 - Outdoor Light Pollution and Alzheimer’s disease

About this episode

The episode discusses the impact of nighttime ambient light on the risk of Alzheimer’s disease.

In a new format for the “Free Associations” podcast, we split our usual podcast into two bite-sized morsels. In the first segment, Jess, Matt and guest host Salma discuss an article that examines the effect of nighttime ambient light on risk of Alzheimer’s disease.   Journal club article: Alzheimer’s Disease Study     In the […]

People in this episode

Hosts: Jess, Matt

Guest: Salma

Topics covered

• Outdoor Light Pollution
• Alzheimer’s disease
• nighttime ambient light

Keywords

• health
• medicine
• science

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