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Proximity to clogged highways could increase risk of Alzheimer's, dementia (Video)
2017-02-18
Exposure to urban lifestyle contributes to insanity? Who knew ?
Posted by:Besoeker

#8  It's on the internetz! [whispers]It's all true![/whispers]
Multi-nasal snorts and belly laugh.
Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839   2017-02-18 18:04  

#7  Other studies have shown insanity is hereditary. Parents get it from their kids.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2017-02-18 16:49  

#6  "Earning money" is so 1890's. Let them borrow instead.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2017-02-18 16:49  

#5  Maybe people with mental damage have trouble earning enough money to live in better neighborhoods.
Posted by: Glenmore   2017-02-18 15:37  

#4  Maybe it's the noise & vibration.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2017-02-18 15:13  

#3  The study, which tracked roughly 6.6 million people for more than a decade, could not determine whether pollution is directly harmful to the brain. The increased dementia risk could also be a knock-on effect of respiratory and cardiac problems caused by traffic fumes or due to other unhealthy life-style factors associated with living in built-up urban environments.
Posted by: Pappy   2017-02-18 13:21  

#2  This explains California.
Posted by: charger   2017-02-18 12:09  

#1  One wonders whether this is one of those tiny preliminary studies whose conclusion will be reversed by additional research. One is comforted by the thought, however, that another scientist's family will not go hungry for the duration of the follow-up grant.
Posted by: trailing wife   2017-02-18 12:08  

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