A team of Quebec researchers has uncovered a series of genes linking the response to stress and high blood pressure with alcoholism and tobacco dependence. If a person has that series of genes, he or she will be more prone to drink or smoke in order to cope with stress and high blood pressure, according to researchers. "What that tells us is that it's not only bad … [Read more...] about Gene Links Alcoholism, Tobacco Addiction, Stress
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Cigarette Smoking and the Human Spine
Smoking effects the flow of blood throughout our bodies. There are only two structures in the adult human body which, under normal circumstances, lack a blood supply in adult life. One, the cornea of the eye which gets its nutrition from tears. Secondly, the intervertebral disc, which obtains its nutrition from the convection and diffusion of nutrients from the end … [Read more...] about Cigarette Smoking and the Human Spine
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