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Emphysema: Irreversible Damage
Emphysema is a condition in which the structures of the lungs suffer irreversible damage, resulting in inability to breathe and shortness of breath. Discover the nature of this disease and new prospects for drugs for treatment.
This condition is not present in the overnight, but gradually, and in most cases is the result of long experience as a smoker, cigarette smoke causes the destruction of air sacs (alveoli) or small “pockets” in which the oxygen we inhale is exchanged for carbon dioxide as waste carries blood cell activity, and then exhale. Read the rest of this entry »
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Quitting smoking: 10 tips for a woman
Until recent years, female sex was less likely to smoke, however in recent years have seen a brutal increase of women who smoke. It is increasingly common to find a woman than a man smoking.
According to the World Health Organization, 20 percent of women in developed countries are addicted to snuff. In developing countries towards the low percentage to 9%.
The prize for women smokers is that the death toll from malignant tumors in the lung and breast has grown so much as the habit of smoking among women.
Tips for an intelligent woman to stop smoking :
1. Women who smoke each cigarette makes it more ugly and old. Feminine beauty is deeply affected by smoking. The skin is injured by the smoke of snuff, which produces destruction of elastic fibers and premature wrinkling.
2. Stop smoking Thousands of women will die this year of lung cancer, surpassing even breast cancer. The 90 percent of these deaths will be due to consumption of snuff, experts say. Want to be a more in these grim statistics? Read the rest of this entry »