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Our lungs are among the most vital organs, silently working to keep us alive. But exposure to tobacco smoke, air pollution, and harmful occupational substances can cause serious, sometimes irreversible damage. In an interview with HT Lifestyle, Dr Gurmeet Singh Chabbra, Director, Pulmonology, Yatharth Super Speciality Hospital, Faridabad, explains how these factors harm our lungs and what steps can help …

Scientists found smokers who quit in middle age and older may have a lower risk for dementia than those who continue to smoke. Catherine Falls Commercial/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Catherine Falls Commercial/Getty Images A new study suggests that quitting smoking – even in middle age or beyond – can slow cognitive decline. While cognitive decline naturally occurs with …

Eating Ultra-Processed Foods Could Be As Harmful as Smoking  SciTechDaily Opinion | Dietary fat was a scapegoat. Now MAHA is naming a new one.  The Washington Post Avoiding Ultra-Processed Foods Is Completely Unrealistic  The Atlantic The simple lunch a nutrition researcher feeds his kids every day includes carrots, popcorn, and some ultra-processed foods  Business Insider Diets high in ultra-processed foods are bad for us, …

Sample collection Two epithelial brushes (2–3 cm2) from the bladder top (dome) and the bladder floor (trigone) were obtained from 53 people without known bladder pathology and no history of bladder cancer upon autopsy (average 4 days post-mortem) at the University of Washington. Next of kin consented to autopsies and research on leftover specimens. The study of de-identified collected specimens and linked …

Revolution Software has announced point-and-click adventure game remaster Broken Sword: The Smoking Mirror – Reforged for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, Xbox One, Switch, and PC (Steam). It will launch in early 2026. A Kickstarter campaign is coming soon. “The Smoking Mirror has always been one of our most loved games, and with Reforged we were able to enhance it in …

Pavel Muravev/iStockphoto/Getty Images Frances Daniels, a Baltimore mother of three, read the Trump administration’s 20-page report called “Make Our Children Healthy Again,” and noticed some notable words were missing from it: “Smoking” and “nicotine.” The word “tobacco” is mentioned once in the document, in a reference to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. “I was horrified,” Daniels says. “It …

Ranked: How Smoking Raises the Risk of Death, by Disease  Visual CapitalistView Full Coverage on Google News Source link

New analysis of ancient household burners from Qurayyah in northwest Saudi Arabia points to smoke from Peganum harmala seeds being inhaled in daily life nearly 2,700 years ago. The work opens a window onto how Iron Age communities used scent, smoke, and bioactive plants to manage health and mood without leaving written manuals. The evidence comes from residues …

Wednesday, August 13, 2025 NIH-funded finding supports addressing smoking cessation during substance use treatment Adults who smoke cigarettes and are addicted to alcohol or other drugs were more likely to achieve sustained remission of their substance use disorder symptoms if they also quit smoking, according to scientists at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Based on their analysis of data …

Jason Momoa has revealed that he nearly drowned while surfing in his native Hawaii, leading him to quit smoking. The “Chief of War” star, in an appearance on the “Smartless” podcast with Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes and Will Arnett, recalled going to the renowned big wave surfing break Pe’ahi (Jaws) in Maui when — while almost a mile offshore — …