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1.5 Million Deaths A Year Linked To Air Pollution From Fires: Study
Over 90 percent of deaths linked to air pollution from landscape fires were in low and middle-income countries, with nearly 40 percent in sub-Saharan Africa alone.
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Cutting Down Smoking Could Increase Life Expectancy By A Year: Study
Cutting down smoking to five per cent of current rates by 2050 would increase life expectancy by a year among men and 0.2 years in women, according to recent global modelling studies published in The Lancet Public Health journal.
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Brain Ageing Could Be Detected With Five New Patterns After 50,000 Brain Scans, Claims Study
Brain ageing patterns that could be indicative of a neurodegenerative disease or brain atrophy have been discovered by a study. As many as five such patterns have emerged after an extensive analysis of nearly 50,000 brain scans, the study claimed. Conducted by researchers using advanced machine-learning techniques, this study provides new insights ...
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Half Of Dementia Cases Can Be Curbed By Addressing These Key Risk Factors
Millions of cases of dementia could be prevented or delayed by reducing a range of risk factors such as smoking or air pollution, according to a major new study, though outside experts warn that such measures can only go so far.
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We Don't All Smoke Weed In Germany, Chancellor Assures Chinese Students
Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Monday reassured Chinese students in Shanghai that they did not have to smoke cannabis if they studied in Germany and that Germany had
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Study Explains Why Women May Struggle More To Quit Smoking
The study found that women become dependent on nicotine faster than men and experience more difficulty quitting.
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Plant Compound Effective, Inexpensive Way To Help People Quit Smoking: Study
Cytisine, a plant-based compound, increases the chances of successful smoking cessation by over two-fold compared with placebo and may be more effective than nicotine replacement therapy, a study has found.
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ISRO Launches Aditya-L1, India's Maiden Sun Study Mission, Aboard PSLV Rocket
ISRO launched a rocket on Saturday to study the sun in its first solar mission, Aditya-L1. The rocket left a trail of smoke and fire as scientists clapped, a live broadcast on the Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) website showed. The broadcast was watched by nearly 5,00,000 viewers.
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Can E-Cigarettes Worsen Respiratory Health Permanently?
E-cigarettes are extremely harmful to our health. New studies suggest that they can inflict permanent damage to our respiratory health, here's how.
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Australia's Massive Wildfires Widened Ozone Hole, Finds Study
The smoke triggered by the wildfires went to heights of upto 30 kilometres, where the smoke triggered chemical reactions harming atmospheric ozone.
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Daily Use Of Cannabis Increases Risk Of Heart Disease, Study Finds
Using marijuana every day increases a person's risk of developing heart disease, a new study has found.
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Global Loss Of Pollinators Causing About 5 Lakh Early Human Deaths, Says Study
The majority of the effects, according to the researchers, were in China, India, Russia, and Indonesia, where cancer, heart disease, and strokes were already common due to unhealthy diets, smoking and insufficient exercise.
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Smoking Can Cause Irreversible Damage To Your Skin, Here Are 7 Adverse Effects
Studies have shown that a smoker's skin can be up to 40% thinner than that of a non-smoker. Here are all the ill-effects of smoking to your skin.
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Third-Hand Smoke Accumulated On Clothes And Hair May Trigger Skin Diseases, Claims Study
Researchers conducted the study on a group of healthy non-smokers between the age of 22 and 45 years.
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Astronomers Witness Mysterious Death of a Star Emitting 6 Rings of Smoke
Scientists from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) have discovered that V Hydrae, a dying star emitted a series of expanding smoke rings that are blown every few hundred years. The exact mechanism in which these intriguing “smoke rings” develop is still unknown.
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1.5 Million Deaths A Year Linked To Air Pollution From Fires: Study
Over 90 percent of deaths linked to air pollution from landscape fires were in low and middle-income countries, with nearly 40 percent in sub-Saharan Africa alone.
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Cutting Down Smoking Could Increase Life Expectancy By A Year: Study
Cutting down smoking to five per cent of current rates by 2050 would increase life expectancy by a year among men and 0.2 years in women, according to recent global modelling studies published in The Lancet Public Health journal.
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Brain Ageing Could Be Detected With Five New Patterns After 50,000 Brain Scans, Claims Study
Brain ageing patterns that could be indicative of a neurodegenerative disease or brain atrophy have been discovered by a study. As many as five such patterns have emerged after an extensive analysis of nearly 50,000 brain scans, the study claimed. Conducted by researchers using advanced machine-learning techniques, this study provides new insights ...
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Half Of Dementia Cases Can Be Curbed By Addressing These Key Risk Factors
Millions of cases of dementia could be prevented or delayed by reducing a range of risk factors such as smoking or air pollution, according to a major new study, though outside experts warn that such measures can only go so far.
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We Don't All Smoke Weed In Germany, Chancellor Assures Chinese Students
Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Monday reassured Chinese students in Shanghai that they did not have to smoke cannabis if they studied in Germany and that Germany had
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Study Explains Why Women May Struggle More To Quit Smoking
The study found that women become dependent on nicotine faster than men and experience more difficulty quitting.
-
Plant Compound Effective, Inexpensive Way To Help People Quit Smoking: Study
Cytisine, a plant-based compound, increases the chances of successful smoking cessation by over two-fold compared with placebo and may be more effective than nicotine replacement therapy, a study has found.
-
ISRO Launches Aditya-L1, India's Maiden Sun Study Mission, Aboard PSLV Rocket
ISRO launched a rocket on Saturday to study the sun in its first solar mission, Aditya-L1. The rocket left a trail of smoke and fire as scientists clapped, a live broadcast on the Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) website showed. The broadcast was watched by nearly 5,00,000 viewers.
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Can E-Cigarettes Worsen Respiratory Health Permanently?
E-cigarettes are extremely harmful to our health. New studies suggest that they can inflict permanent damage to our respiratory health, here's how.
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Australia's Massive Wildfires Widened Ozone Hole, Finds Study
The smoke triggered by the wildfires went to heights of upto 30 kilometres, where the smoke triggered chemical reactions harming atmospheric ozone.
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Daily Use Of Cannabis Increases Risk Of Heart Disease, Study Finds
Using marijuana every day increases a person's risk of developing heart disease, a new study has found.
-
Global Loss Of Pollinators Causing About 5 Lakh Early Human Deaths, Says Study
The majority of the effects, according to the researchers, were in China, India, Russia, and Indonesia, where cancer, heart disease, and strokes were already common due to unhealthy diets, smoking and insufficient exercise.
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Smoking Can Cause Irreversible Damage To Your Skin, Here Are 7 Adverse Effects
Studies have shown that a smoker's skin can be up to 40% thinner than that of a non-smoker. Here are all the ill-effects of smoking to your skin.
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Third-Hand Smoke Accumulated On Clothes And Hair May Trigger Skin Diseases, Claims Study
Researchers conducted the study on a group of healthy non-smokers between the age of 22 and 45 years.
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Astronomers Witness Mysterious Death of a Star Emitting 6 Rings of Smoke
Scientists from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) have discovered that V Hydrae, a dying star emitted a series of expanding smoke rings that are blown every few hundred years. The exact mechanism in which these intriguing “smoke rings” develop is still unknown.
