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      Smoking Myths Debunked! No More Excuses to Stop Smoking

      August 22, 2011 /

      There seems to be a never ending list of excuse from smokers who fail to quite this nasty, damaging, expensive habit.

      Everyone is a victim of some major roadblock to good health.

      Well, the buck stops here!

      Read the top myth busting facts that will help you stop smoking for good!

      Myth I’ve smoked for so long; the damage is already done.

      Myth Switching to ‘light’ cigarettes will cut my risk

      Myth My other healthy habits may make up for my smoking.

      Myth Trying to quit smoking will stress me out — and that’s unhealthy.

      Myth The weight gain that comes with quitting is just as unhealthy as smoking.

      Myth Quitting “cold turkey” is the only way to go

      Myth Nicotine products are just as unhealthful as smoking.

      Myth Cutting back on smoking is good enough

      Myth I’m the only one who is hurt by my smoking.

      Myth I tried quitting once and failed, so it’s no use trying again.

      Wellness

      What Happens to Your Body When You Smoke?

      June 24, 2011 /

      Don’t bother using any beauty products if you plan on smoking.

      Smoking, even occasionally, can cause a lifetime worth of damage.

      Read on to find out what happens within minutes of lighting up.

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      As you take the first drag, smoke passes through your mouth, leaving a faint brown film on your pearly whites. Toxic gases such as formaldehyde and ammonia immediately put your immune system on alert, causing allover inflammation.

      Continue reading.

      Wellness

      Cancer Risk with Cell Phone Use is Still Undetermined

      April 20, 2011 /

      Almost two decades of research has not decisively concluded whether or not there is a direct link between cell phone use and certain brain cancers.

      Since so many of us use cell phones it is diffucult to conclude a causal relationship between the two, especially given the rarity of some of the cancers.

      …Siddhartha Mukherjee, an assistant professor of medicine at Columbia University, found that despite years of research by scientists around the world, there has never been a conclusive study linking cellphone use and brain cancer — but no study conclusively ruled it out, either.

      Research

      Should we fear radiation exposure at the dentist office?

      April 1, 2011 /

      It’s age old question that we’ve all considered at on time or another.

      We are exposed to radiation daily through cell phone use, television and small appliances but is the radiation exposure at the dentist of particular concern?

      Although thyroid cancer is one of the most survivable of cancers it is also believed that a rise in the incidence of certain cancers can be attributed to medical radiation exposure.

      The jury is still out, however, and further studies need to be done to alleviate fears.

      Wellness

      New studies reveal how prostate cancer spreads!

      March 29, 2011 /

      According to a new study from University of Michigan discover how prostate cancer cells spread to the bones. Science offers hope for the treatment of prostate cancer

      So why does cancer recur? Say a person has a tumor and surgeons cut it out or do radiation, but it recurs in the bone marrow five years later, Taichman said. Those cancer cells had been circulating in the body well before the tumor was discovered, and one place those cancer cells hid is the niche.

      “So what have the cancer cells been doing during those five years? Now we have a partial answer — they’ve been sitting in this place whose job it is to keep things from proliferating and growing,” Taichman said.

      “Our work also provides an explanation as to why current chemotherapies often fail in that once cancer cells enter the niche, most likely they stop proliferating,” said Yusuke Shiozawa, lead author of the study. “The problem is that most of the drugs we use to try to treat cancer only work on cells that are proliferating.”

      Research, Wellness

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