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The pros and cons of e-cigarettes revealed

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine have published one of the largest reports to have ever investigated the effects of electronic cigarettes. We summarize its findings below. A comprehensive new report reviews the health risks of electronic cigarettes. The report — which can be accessed in full here— reviews over 800 scientific studies […]

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Breast cancer: Body fat, not weight, poses major risk

A new study has made a surprising finding: even women within a normal weight range may have an increased risk of invasive breast cancer if they have high body fat levels. Excess weight in later life is a known risk factor for breast cancer, but what about body fat on its own? According to the […]