Thursday, January 20, 2011

Cigarette Smoking Harms Genes Causing Lung Cancer!


It feels nice to have a puff of cigarette to majority of the smokers around the world irrespective of their age, nationality, gender, cultural, economic and social background. More and more youngsters in their teens get addicted to this killer smoking in all parts of the globe presently.

Scientists have proved that the carcinogen of tobacco smoke results in adverse genetic structural change in the smoker within 30 minutes of taking a cool puff. The carcinogen forms toxins in the blood termed as "trash DNA" within minutes of inhalation. As a consequence the person is dangerously exposed to the risk of lung cancer.

About 3000 people die on account of lung cancer everyday world over and 90 percent of this death is caused by cigarette smoking.

The study was published in Chemical Research in Toxicology.

Folks, please throw away this habit for good and lead a healthy and happy life!

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Iron Content Is Essential For Pregnant Women To Give Birth To Smarter Babaies!


Here is a hot tip for mothers-to-be - during pregnancy include iron and folic acid contents in your food in generous quantity. Yes, children born to these moms are smarter, more organized and possess finer motor skills than those born to mothers who did not take adequate iron contents.

This is an interesting finding of US researchers from Bloomberg School of Public Health of Johns Hopkins University. The experts emphasized the need for iron content for the development of the central nervous system.

This is a useful information for prospective mothers around the globe.