Trying to kick a nagging nicotine habit may be tougher for some people than others, says a new study by a team of Japanese scientists who suggest that a certain gene might be responsible for the inability of some smokers to quit.
People who are highly stressed have 89 per cent more risk of dying after having a stroke compared to those who feel stress-free, according to a report published in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association.
Doctors in the US have achieved a breakthrough in developing drugs that repair lung cells damaged by smoking, which causes 99 percent of the most lethal type of lung cancer.
How long and how much you smoked, and how long it’s been since the last puff, make a difference in the risk of getting lung cancer.
Cervical cancer is a very common disease in developing countries including India. It is the third most common kind of cancer.
Homoeopathy meets successfully ever growing new challenges of diseases of newborn, infant and child.
Men who don’t shave every day enjoy less sex and are 70 per cent more likely to suffer a stroke than daily shavers, a study shows.