Cigarette smoke blocks cells' healing ability
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NEW YORK  - Cigarette smoke can transform   normal breast cells into cancerous cells by blocking their   normal ability to repair themselves. Over time this could lead   to the development of breast cancer, scientists from the   University of Florida in Gainesville report.
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US researchers recently discovered specific doorways in mice brain cells, called receptors, which could hold the key to nicotine addiction.
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A study on mutations in the brains of mice may someday be used to help smokers quit. By Ed Edelson. THURSDAY, Nov. 4 (HealthDayNews) -- Researchers say they have identified brain cell receptors that appear
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NEW YORK  - Babies and young children are  prone to infection with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), and  new research shows that the condition is worsened if they're  exposed to cigarette smoke.
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People who find it difficult to clear nicotine from their body may be more vulnerable to getting hooked on smoking.
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FRIDAY, Jan. 14 (HealthDayNews) -- Tobacco companies were working as recently as three years ago to contradict research that strengthened the scientific link between smoking and cancer, a new report based on industry documents claims.
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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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A GENETIC defect which slows down the liver&#39;s capacity to clear nicotine from the body increases the chances of tobacco addiction, research revealed today.
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A protein being tested for its ability to enhance wound healing in skin might also help repair heart attack damage. The protein, thymosin beta 4 (TB4), is expressed by embryos during the heart&#39;s development
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A new study conducted by researchers at the University of Washington suggests that bone marrow produces cells that not only help fight infection, but also permanently heal wounds.
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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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NEW YORK  - Women who smoke may be able to reduce their lung cancer risk with exercise, a new study shows. But the investigators caution that any relative benefit is dwarfed by the benefits gained from kicking the habit.
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Scientists have discovered that a key cancer gene also plays a role in repairing damaged nerve cells.
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US researchers have found that a history of smoking can affect survival in patients with cancer of the head and neck. Researchers at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center said patients who had
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Secondhand smoke can cause cancer. It&#39;s what the surgeon general says. So too the Environmental Protection Agency. And the World Health Organization.
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Nov. 29, 2004 (Chicago) -- Young or old, smoking is a killer and its weapon of choice is often lung cancer. But results from a lung cancer screening study of almost 30,000 current and former smokers suggests
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SMOKING can lower your IQ and increases the risk of dementia later in life, health experts warned yesterday. They say long-term smokers suffer significant damage to their memory and their ability to think quickly and solve problems.