The Cancer Research UK-funded study is published in the Annals of Internal Medicine. According to the World Health Organization, tobacco use kills around 5 million people who smoke per year, and more than 600,000 non-smokers who are exposed to second-hand smoke. At least 250 of the 4,000 chemicals in tobacco smoke are known to be […]
Published in the journal Cancer Prevention Research, the study describes how the pigment, called beta-cryptoxanthin (BCX), reduces the number of receptors required for nicotine to fuel lung tumor growth. Nicotine is an addictive chemical present in tobacco and some e-cigarette liquids. Study co-author Xiang-Dong Wang, of the Jean Mayer United States Department of Agriculture Human […]
Having trouble falling asleep can lead to getting not enough sleep or sleep deprivation, the most signs of which are excessive daytime sleepiness, yawning, and irritability. Chronic sleep deprivation can interfere with balance, coordination, memory, decision-making abilities. Worse still, it suppresses immune system function. Remedies to the more physical and environmental sleep-deprivers are fairly obvious, […]
Researchers from University College London in the United Kingdom report their study in the BMJ, where a linked editorial suggests it shows successful attempts to quit smoking regular cigarettes by switching to e-cigarettes is a likely contributor the fall in smoking rates in the U.K. E-cigarettes (electronic cigarettes) are growing in popularity. In the U.K. […]