Smoker in Biological News

First trimester smoking linked to oral clefts

...isk, almost two-fold when the mother smoked over 10 cigarettes per day and a 1.6 fold risk from passive smoking (defined as being within 2 metres of a smoker for 2 hours a day). The researchers estimate that 19 % of cases of cleft lip in Norway may be due to maternal smoking in the first trimester. Gen...

Europe cores in EUROCORES: Ocean drilling in EuroMARC

...hing for us to collaborate with other people." added Kissel. First fantastic results have been obtained, such as the discovery of the first ever black smoker field at an ultra-slow spreading ridge by the H2DEEP project headed by Rolf-Birger Pedersen from the University of Bergen. Furthermore, new IODP propo...

Scientists break record by finding northernmost hydrothermal vent field

... Well inside the Arctic Circle, scientists have found black smoker vents farther north than anyone has ever seen before. The cluster of five vents one towering nearly four stories in height are venting water as hot ...

Scientists discover how cigarette smoke causes cancer: Study points to new treatments, safer tobacco

...e experiments not only pin-point new molecular targets for cancer treatment, but also identify culprits in cigarette smoke that eventually will do the smoker in. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, cigarette smoking is the single most preventable cause of premature death in...

Cigarette after Valentine snuggle deadlier for some

...oke. Moss added that the research also helps explain why some heavy smokers appear to beat the odds when it comes to heart disease. If youre a smoker and you dont carry the CETP variation, you have the same risk for heart disease as a non-smoker carrying the same gene, he said. These smokers can tha...

Cigarette smoke, alcohol damage hearts worse as combo

...s reached the equivalent of a 150-pound adult consuming 2 drinks per hour. Cigarette smoke exposure was similar to being in an automobile with a chain smoker with the windows closed. In addition to measuring artery lesions in the study mice, the UAB team looked at other signs of advancing cardiovascular ...

Smoking rate has plummeted in New York City

...picted tobacco smoke’s effects on the brain, lungs and arteries, showing testimonials from sick and dying smokers and their children, including former smoker Ronaldo Martinez, who now breaths through a hole in his throat as a result of smoking-related cancer. In a separate recent survey, nine out of 10 smok...

Indicators for risk of heart disease are higher in passive smokers

... cotinine. Eighteen percent of participants with low levels of cotinine and 56 percent of subjects with high levels of cotinine reported living with a smoker at home or being exposed to tobacco smoke at work, the primary places for long-term exposure. Researchers found the low- and high-cotinine groups...

Therapeutic role found for carbon monoxide

... hypothesis, the scientists first exposed a PAH mouse model to a short, daily regimen of CO (in a modest concentration, equivalent to what a cigarette smoker might inhale) of one hour per day. As predicted, their results showed that the gas did indeed reverse PAH in the animals, resulting in the restoration...

Smokers invite to test vaccine against nicotine addiction

...n and to help people quit smoking. Normally when a smoker inhales, nicotine is carried by the bloodstream to... brain, smoking is less rewarding. That gives the smoker a chance to change the behavioral and social facto...cine also will prevent relapse. When a vaccinated smoker lights up months after quitting, the person should...

Researchers test new way to quit smoking

...ve suggested that the earlier use of a nicotine substitute might improve the chances of a person staying smoke-free. "It's been suggested that if a smoker starts using nicotine substitutes about a fortnight before quitting cigarettes, they are significantly more likely to remain smoke-free six months lat...

Many smokers fail to quit after cancer diagnosis

...kers with cancer continue to smoke or relapse. Treatment for this addiction has largely been focused on healthy smokers and is critically dependent on smoker motivation. The diagnosis of cancer, according to research, is a strong motivator for many smokers and thus, provides a window of opportunity to begin...

Hydrogen and methane provide raw energy for life at 'Lost City'

...y cliffs in brilliant white and form vents ranging in shape from tiny toadstools to the 18-story column, named Poseidon, which dwarfs most known black smoker vents by at least 100 feet. Some places resemble the sort of deposits one might see in spectacular caves with spires and smoothly rippled surfaces in ...