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Air pollution is as dangerous as a pack of cigarettes

Polluted air and, in particular, the climate change, increasing ozone and the accelerated progression of lung emphysema. The air pollution can have similar harmful effects as you would Smoking a pack of cigarettes, so the results of a new study, which was conducted in several large US cities. The long-term effects of all major air […]

Health Problems

Study finds electronic cigarettes damage brain stem cells

A research team at the University of California, Riverside, has found that electronic cigarettes, often targeted to youth and pregnant women, produce a stress response in neural stem cells, which are critical cells in the brain. Present throughout life, stem cells become specialized cells with more specific functions, such as brain cells, blood cells, or […]