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Mental Illness Is More Deadly Than Tobacco 1
- Mind & Brain, Uncategorized
- May 30, 2014
Time to take a closer look at treatment of mental diseases. We all know tobacco as a killer. It was first found about 18.000 years ago in America and since then its main method of administration has been smoking. This tobacco use is recognized as a major cause of several diseases such as heart diseases,
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How to Quit Smoking: Meditation and Its Effects on Self-Control 0
- Mind & Brain
- September 7, 2013
This technique produces the desired effects in only a few hours of practice. Integrative Body-Mind Training (IBMT) is a meditation technique that in randomized controlled studies proved to be effective in reducing stressand improving self-control, attention, and social behavior. This technique works rapidly, producing the desired effects in only a few hours of practice during
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Why Ex-smokers Gain Weight: Blame the Bugs in Your Bowel 0
- Bugs and Allergies, Food & Culture, Health & Medicine
- September 3, 2013
A shift in intestinal bacteria, not diet, could underlie weight gain after smoking cessation. It may have been more than 2000 years ago, but Hippocrates was not far from the truth when he wrote “all disease begins in the gut”. Gut health is critical to overall health. Colonies of benevolent bacteria reside in your entire
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4 Easy Ways to Feel More Attractive 0
- Mind & Brain
- January 8, 2013
Having a bad hair day, a huge pimple or did you gain some weight during the holidays? Don’t feel ugly, use these tips: 1. Have a drink. Or just think you’re having a drink. Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder: the more alcoholic drinks people consume, the more attractive they perceive themselves
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Smoking Rigs Your Cancer Risk 0
- Health & Medicine
- December 30, 2012
Cancer is a genetic riddle; while many genes are associated with cancer, many people with cancer don’t necessarily have those genes. Conversely, many people who have “oncogenes” don’t come down with cancer. So, what’s going on? James Flanagan, a geneticist at Imperial College London, led a research team to find out. His team discovered that
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Good to Know: Does Smoking Affect Hangovers?1
- Health & Medicine
- December 7, 2012
Alcohol and cigarettes are an inseparable combination to many. But if you don’t want to suffer the worst possible hangover it seems best to skip the tobacco. Researchers asked 113 US students to report their daily drinking and smoking behavior and hangover symptoms for eight weeks, which included having headaches, feeling tired or nauseous and
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