Smoking Damages DNA, Study Finds
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Just one puff of a cigarette could damage a smoker's DNA, the first step to cancer and heart disease, researchers said Friday.
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A single gene could be responsible for determining how easily people become addicted to smoking, according to a report. By tweaking a gene in the brains of mice, US researchers were able to create a hypersensitive
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People genetically prone to arthritis who also smoke are storing up trouble for the future, researchers warn.
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A new research has revealed that smokers pump out clouds of poisonous toxins, which can be a serious health hazard for those around them.
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Here's one more reason not to smoke -- smoking may damage sperm, passing along genetic damage to a man's children, Canadian researchers report.
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Smoking increases the risk of psoriasis and makes the condition worse in those who have it, a study suggests.
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Given the wealth of evidence that smoking damages your health, you would have to be stupid not to kick the habit. Now a study suggests this could be a self-fulfilling prophecy, because smoking reduces your IQ.
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Genetically altered mice that are unusually sensitive to nicotine may help scientists nail down exactly how people become addicted to smoking, US researchers said on Thursday.
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Women who smoke while pregnant may cause permanent cardiovascular damage to their children that could heighten the offspring's risk for a stroke and heart attack, researchers said on Friday.
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[Health India]: London, Oct 19: Passive smoking may have long been known to be a health hazard and now a new report by The Scientific Committee on Tobacco and Health (Scoth) confirms that it significantly increases the risk of lung cancer and heart disease
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Heavy cannabis use may raise the risk of chronic lung disease more than smoking, two studies suggest.
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Smoking is linked to a significantly increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes, research suggests.
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Smoking has long been known to cause cancer, heart disease, impotence and so on -- now, damage to your IQ can be added to the list.
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There is more evidence to back up a long-standing theory that smokers are less likely to develop Parkinson's disease than people who do not use tobacco products, researchers reported on Monday.
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Smoking not only damages health, it is bad for the brain too, according to a Scottish study spanning nearly 60 years. Professor Lawrence Whalley and his team looked at how the cognitive
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Smoking, already linked to several   illnesses, may also increase the risk of infection with HIV,   the virus that causes AIDS, researchers said on Thursday.
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One single change in inherited DNA can put people at a heightened risk of heart disease and strokes, according to new research. Richard Lifton and his colleagues at Yale University school of medicine report