Come Jog with Me

<p>Many questions come to mind concerning running and runners and public health.</p><p>Here are a few.</p><p>1. Why do runners live an estimated 2 to 2.5 years longer than non-runners?</p><p>2. Why are runners rarely overweight?</p><p>3. Among runners do they have the same incidence of the following problems compared to non-runners that so far the causes of which are basically unknown? Muscular dystrophy multiple sclerosis Parkinson's disease amelanotic lateral sclerosis and Alzheimer's disease?</p><p>4. Why do women runners have so much less breast cancer than non-runners?</p><p>5. Why do runners have so much stronger bones than non-runners?</p><p>6. Why do runners have less atherosclerosis and therefore fewer strokes and coronary and cardiac artery disease?</p><p>7. Why do runners have more HDL (good ) cholesterol than non-runners?</p><p>8. Why do runners have lower blood pressure than non-runners?</p><p>9. Do running women have fewer children who develop Autism than non-running women?</p><p>10. Why do runners have better immune systems than non-runners?</p><p>11. Does running enhance the production of endomorphnis serotonin androgens estrogens such as oxytocin ghrlein and the enzyme troponin and many others?</p><p>12. Is there an advantage of the profound sleep that comes to those who exercise as with running and with no insomnia?</p>