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Research shows there are many benefits of quitting smoking, even during day one.
Within 20 minutes:
Blood pressure decreases, and the pulse slows to its normal rate.
Temperature in the hands and feet increases to normal.
Within 8 hours:
Carbon monoxide level in blood drops to normal, and oxygen level
increases.
Within 24 hours:
Breath, hair and skin stop smelling like smoke. The […]
There may be more than nicotine that’s stopping you from giving up smoking. Research shows that cigarettes are designed to manipulate your taste buds too! The natural and added flavors to tobacco make it even harder for someone to quit.
Honey, vanilla, and cocoa may sound sweet and good but, cocoa, for example, is a nice […]
Have you ever wondered why you can’t get off the couch and exercise — despite paying for an expensive gym membership, despite your New Year’s resolutions, even despite the doctor’s scolding at your last checkup? Turns out that your inertia may be coded right into your genes.
Based on some intriguing preliminary studies in animals, J. […]
Due to the pursuit of the sun kissed look, many younger women continue to receive diagnoses of the most dangerous form of skin cancer- melanoma. While the numbers are rising among young women, the cases among men have leveled off.
This is an issue of great concern and could be a foretell of a […]
Tens of millions of Americans have quit smoking cigarettes. The benefits of quitting — no matter what your age — are prodigious. Risks of heart disease and stroke plummet. So does the risk of lung cancer, along with cancers of the mouth, throat, bladder, cervix and pancreas. But can the damage from smoking ever be […]
MSNBC has an interesting look - literally - at some celebs who have aged gracefully, a few who have had a little bit of surgery, and others who overdid it, to put it mildly.
Score one for going au naturel.
From Macleans.ca:
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - On websites touting the mind-blowing powers of salvia divinorum, come-ons to buy the hallucinogenic herb are accompanied by warnings: “Time is running out! … stock up while you still can.”
That’s because salvia is being targeted by U.S. legislators concerned that the inexpensive and easy-to-obtain plant could become the next marijuana.
Eight states […]
First time pregnancies have a 1 in 4 odd of ending up in a miscarriage. But did you know that caffeine doubles the risk of a miscarriage regardless of which pregnancy it is for the mother?
Pregnant women who drink two or more cups of coffee a day have twice the risk of having a miscarriage […]
Rising tobacco use and poverty will fuel cancer across the developing world, more than doubling the number of new cases to 27 million by 2050, experts predicted on Thursday.
Cancer is already the No. 2 cause of death globally, after heart disease and ahead of AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis and other causes. And as people live longer […]
1. Do you lose time from work due to drinking?
2. Is drinking making your home life unhappy?
3. Do you drink because you are shy with other people?
4. Is drinking affecting your reputation?
5. Have you ever felt remorse after drinking?
6. Have you gotten into financial difficulties as a result of drinking?
7. Do you turn to lower […]