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2017-02-18 Science & Technology
Proximity to clogged highways could increase risk of Alzheimer's, dementia (Video)
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Posted by Besoeker 2017-02-18 08:43|| || Front Page|| [1 views ]  Top

#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||   2017-02-18 12:08|| Front Page Top

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

#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||   2017-02-18 13:21|| Front Page Top

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

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

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

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

#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||   2017-02-18 18:04|| Front Page Top

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