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" First last week&amp;#x27;s startling news linking lots of running with impacts on the heart, and now we hear that runners who jog in city environments may be more prone to cognitive decline? (Or, as NBC&amp;#x27;s headline read: &amp;quot;Urban Jogging May Be Making You Dumber&amp;quot;). For all the runners out there--including moi--this isn&amp;#x27;t the best news. But, I have to admit, for someone who lives in a big city (Seattle), I&amp;#x27;ve often wondered if breathing in all the lovely car exhaust out there is that good for me. And, that&amp;#x27;s exactly what the researchers associated with this new study are getting at. The study, conducted by Belgium researchers, claims that urban joggers have higher levels of inflammation and lower scores on cognitive tests than people who exercise outside in less populated areas of the world. While this news is definitely disheartening, I still think that exercise anyway you can get it--in the big city or not--is the key to a healthy, long life. What do you think, gals? P.S. Coffee lovers! You are really going to love this news. And, do you hate your feet enough to get plastic surgery on your toes? (Please say no!) Photo: Thinkstock"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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