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More than 90 percent of stroke risk is related to tobacco smoking, alcohol consumption and other modifiable risk factors. (Photo: Pixabay)

Tobacco, but not pot, boosts early stroke risk

Extensive tobacco smokers in late adolescence had a fivefold increased risk of stroke before age 45

04 Jan 2017 8:28 AM

Quitting smoking decreases the risk of recurrent depressive episodes that can lead to hospitalisation. (Photo: Pixabay)

Smokers with mental illness wish to quit smoking

Patients with mental illness are highly benefitted from lesser use of cigarettes

30 Dec 2016 7:25 PM

Mothers who smoke can harm the child's kidney before he is born as a protein formed caused kidney issues in the future. (Photo: Pixabay)

Smoking while pregnant may harm child's kidney

children whose mothers smoked while pregnant were more likely to show signs of kidney damage

23 Dec 2016 8:24 PM

The transition from one year to another opens the door for awakening, change, growth and rejuvenation. Embrace the new year with with these helpful tips.

Healthy start

Drinking water from a copper vessel is recommended as it helps your body maintain its temperature according to outside weather.

22 Dec 2016 12:12 AM

The labels on water pipe tobacco products are misleading because of improper testing. (Photo: Pixabay)

Tobacco levels on labels for hookah misleading: study

The actual levels of nicotine vary anywhere from 75 per cent less to three times higher than the amount stated on packaging

18 Dec 2016 5:54 PM

“There is no safe level of cigarette smoking” (Photo: AFP)

Even one cigarette a day may kill you early

Tobacco smoking poses a major public health challenge and claims about five million lives each year worldwide.

06 Dec 2016 9:09 AM

The study suggests that exposure to cigarette smoke negatively affects genetic messaging that controls tissue scarring. (Representational Image)

Smoking increases scar tissue in kidney

Fibrosis is tissue scarring that can impair the normal function of vital organs.

03 Dec 2016 11:34 AM

Age at smoking initiation and cessation, both key components of smoking duration, are important predictors of mortality. (Representational Image)

Quitting smoking in 60s can still extend life

Moreover people aged 70 or older currently smoking were more than three times more likely to die than never-smokers.

01 Dec 2016 9:45 AM

Participants with diabetes tended to be older, reported more pack-years of smoking. (Photo: Pixabay)

Smoking fatal for diabetic patient: study

Diabetes doubles the risk for all-cause mortality and non-lung cancer mortality among heavy smokers.

23 Nov 2016 12:41 PM

The analysis concluded that statin therapy decreased risk of death overall by 14 percent and risk of death from cardiovascular disease by 31 percent. (Representational Image)

Cholesterol-lowering drugs could reduce heart attack risk

The benefits were largest in people at highest risk for heart attacks and strokes.

15 Nov 2016 4:34 PM

The researchers looked at the genetic material inside the women’s cells, specifically the length of their telomeres.

Do kids take years off your life?

Women who give birth may be biologically “older” than women who don’t, a new study suggests.

14 Nov 2016 12:21 AM

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