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Vitamin B12 and Cancer: Why scientists are taking a closer look at high levelsNew research explores vitamin B12's complex link with cancer. While essential for health, high B12 levels are being investigated. Studies s...- How to reduce your heart attack risk by 80%? AIIMS cardiologist shares diet, fitness and important medical adviceHeart attacks are a growing concern in India, affecting millions annually. AIIMS cardiologist Dr Ambuj Roy emphasizes that many heart attac...
- Second-hand smoke 10th biggest risk factor for cancer: Lancet studyThe researchers at the University of Washington, US assumed that all persons living with a daily smoker are exposed to tobacco smoke. They ...
- How a smoker can buy health insuranceThe insurability of smokers is determined by the seriousness of pre-existing lifestyle diseases like diabetes and hypertension.
- IIT Kharagpur developing app to help smokers quitA research team at IIT Kharagpur has developed a prototype of sensor-based activity tracking kit which can monitor the activities in daily ...
- Smoking, along with vaping, can increase chances of heart attack by 5 timesUsing both products at the same time is worse than using either one separately, according to study.
- Want to quit smoking? Facebook can helpA Facebook-based intervention may help young adults kick the butt.
- Social smoking carries same heart-disease risks: StudySan Francisco, May 8 (IANS) A US study indicates that social smokers' carries the same high blood pressure and high cholesterol risk, ident...
- Smoking causes one in 10 deaths worldwide: StudyLondon, April 6 (IANS) Smoking causes one in 10 deaths worldwide, half of them in just four countries -- China, India, the US and Russia, a...
- India among top 4 countries for highest number of deaths by smokingMore than one in 10 deaths globally was caused due to smoking. India has 11·2 per cent of the world's total smokers.
- Eating green vegetables and fruits may prevent lung disease riskChronic obstructive pulmonary disease includes respiratory conditions such as bronchitis and emphysema.
- Indian smokers pay little heed to pictorial warning on cigarette packs: StudyThe general insurer said around 72% of respondents in a study said that pictorial warnings on cigarette packs or plain packaging would have...
- Mothers-to-be, take note! Smoking may chemically modify the DNA of the babyThis is a blood-borne exposure to smoking - the foetus isn't breathing it, but many of the same things are going to be passing through the ...
- Warning photo size matters: 46% of illiterate men smokeNearly 46 per cent of the men in bottom fifth smoke compared to only 20 per cent in the upper fifth.
- E-cigarette ads may fuel urge to smokeFormer smokers who watched e-cigarette advertisements with vaping had less confidence that they could refrain from smoking tobacco.
- Poke Me: The Smoking LoungeThanks to the near-prohibitive hike in cigarette prices, lighting up will get a new meaning.
- Smoking is no reason to give health insurance a missSmoking or pre-existing ailments don’t automatically disqualify you from getting a health cover. Companies take a more nuanced position whi...
- More women in India smoke now than 30 years ago: StudyFemale smokers in India has gone up in the last 30 years but the number of men who puff daily dipped in the country where more people are s...
- 58% smokers in the country without health insuranceDespite being exposed to perils of heavy smoking, a majority of smokers (58%) in India do not have any form of health insurance.
- Organizations lose productive time due to smokingImagine an organisation with 1,000 employees, where 10% of the employees smoke an average of five cigarettes a day.
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