A new study has added to the list of health problems posed by smoking, by finding that it also contributes to atherosclerosis, or hardening of the arteries.Researchers from Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City pinpoint their evidence to the addictive chemical in cigarettes - nicotine.
By comparing reduced-nicotine cigarettes like Quest 3 and Eclipse [...]
A new study by an American researcher has revealed that bricks made from fly-ash particles captured as waste by coal-fired power plants might be safer than predicted. Rather than leach minute amounts of mercury as some researchers had predicted, the bricks do the reverse, pulling minute amounts of the toxic metal out of ambient air.
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Air and water pollution combined with widespread use of food additives and pesticides made cancer the top killer in China last year, according to a recent government survey.According to Chen Zhizhou, a health expert with the cancer research institute affiliated to the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, “the main reason behind the rising number of [...]
A new study has found that a toxic substance, made by certain types of bacteria found in house dust, may reduce the risk of developing the allergic skin condition eczema or wheezing in children if they are exposed to it up to age of 3.The toxic substance, Endotoxin is an element of the cell wall [...]
Scientists have found that veterans exposed to Agent Orange may be at a 48 per cent increased risk of post-surgery recurrence of prostate cancer than their unexposed counterparts, and the disease returns to them in a more aggressive form. Agent Orange contains the carcinogen, dioxin, which can be stored in body fat and is [...]