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healthSunday, July 19, 2026

WHO adds air pollution to dementia risk list

The WHO updated its dementia guidelines today, adding air pollution as a preventable risk factor for the first time. Meanwhile, the FDA approved the first oral PCSK9 inhibitor for high cholesterol, and a new study suggests a genetic switch could unlock mammalian regeneration.

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Prevention and risk

Two major public health stories today: one about preventing dementia, the other about a new cholesterol drug.

Regeneration research

A fascinating study on why some mammals regenerate and others don't points to a single molecular switch.

Workplace and environment

Two pieces highlight hidden health costs: night shifts and the failure to ask women about their jobs.

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Ask About Her Job: Medicine’s Missing Question

A physician argues that doctors rarely ask women about their jobs, missing workplace-linked health issues from menstruation to menopause. It's a simple missing question with big implications.

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WHO adds air pollution to dementia risk list | Health Roundup · 19 Jul