Pfizer’s new anti-smoking drug Chantix was given more unhappy news after a group’s report that it can have serious physical side effects. The Federal Aviation Administration banned Chantix use by pilots and air traffic controllers.
The report, from the Institute for Safe Medication Practices, states that hundreds of serious problems have been reported since Chantix was [...]
Due to the intoxicating effects marijuana possesses, it has been made illegal in most countries. But this very quality is due to the fact that it marijuana mimics the effects of chemicals that the brain already uses for many important functions. Brain mechanisms use cannabis like compounds called endocannabinoids to [...]
In case you think that incense burning is harmless you may want to reconsider after you read the list of toxic stuff that comes from the burning tip of an incense stick:
Similar to second hand smoke, pollutants emitted from incense burning in a close area are clearly dangerous to your health. Particulate matters (PM), [...]
The effects of nicotine and opiates on the brain’s reward system are both equally strong and occur in central pleasure sensing portions of the brain (nucleus accumbens).
By looking at rat brain tissues, a remarkable overlap occurs between the effects of nicotine and opiates in dopamine signaling pathways in the brain’s pleasure and reward centers.the control [...]
Since a smoking ban started in France one year ago, the admissions of patients with heart attacks dropped 15 percent at emergency rooms. French government authorities told the UK National Sanitary Institute that there has been a 15 percent reduction in admissions of patients with acute heart attack and stroke to emergency departments since [...]
