{
  "id": 5108107,
  "title": "How wildfire smoke may contribute to neurodegenerative diseases",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/how-wildfire-smoke-may-contribute-to-neurodegenerative-diseases",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-02T14:40:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-wildfire-contribute-neurodegenerative-diseases.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Researchers at Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix have uncovered how wildfire smoke may trigger harmful inflammation in the brain, offering new insight into why prolonged smoke exposure has been associated with neurological diseases such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}