Scientists have isolated two chemicals that can cause cancer and may enable doctors to identify, which smoker will develop cancer, study reported. Smokers which have the high concentration of nicotine by-products “NNAL” and “cotinine” have the higher risk of developing lung cancer than the smoker with low concentration of NNAL and cotinine in their urine. Read more
West Virginia and Kentucky, where smoking is a tradition, have the highest death rate due to smoking and related illnesses, new federal study has founded. Ten states have been identified, which have the highest average annual smoking death rates these include Indiana, Missouri, Nevada, Alabama, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi and Oklahoma. Utah and Hawaii were at Read more
All of us know, smoking is injurious to health. Smoking not only harms lungs but nearly all vital organs of the body. According to estimation, cigarette smoking contributes up to 87 percent of lung cancer deaths. In real smoking facts, it is also responsible for many other types of cancers and health abnormalities such as Read more
NEW YORK – Scientists have isolated 26 genes that increase the risk of lung cancer, when mutated. The study was the ever largest to screen genes for mutations for the most widespread form of lung cancer, called “adenocarcinoma”. The results were shocking, almost more than double the list of genes implicated in type of lung Read more