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Coffee vs Tea

Tea
We always get contradictory information regarding the benefits of tea and coffee through different sources. Sometimes they will say drinking coffee is harmful for your body and after a while will change the tune and say it has good benefits. It goes for tea as well and we get confused with these revelations.
Also they side [...]

Lung Cancer

As we have learnt in previous posts Cancer is the disease caused by abnormal cells multiplying out of control. Normally, our body has a system to check and balance on cell growth so that cells divide to produce new cells, only when new cells are needed. When this system is disrupted it results in an uncontrolled [...]

Stroke

Stroke is caused when the blood supply to the brain is suddenly interrupted. When the blood supply is interrupted, the brain cannot receive the oxygen it needs. Brain cells in the immediate area die and the brain can be permanently damaged.
Brain cells will perish within the hour of blood interruption. But the cells surrounding the [...]

Smoking and health risks

Health risk due to smoking/passive smoking:
Risk of unborn babies with smoking mothers:

Miscarriage and still birth
Premature birth and low birth weight
Sudden infant death syndrome
Complications during birth

Passive smoking

We might say that we don’t smoke but have you ever been to a public place/work place where there is people smoking around you, even at home our family members smoke indoors. When you inhale the smoke from a person standing next to you, it is called ‘passive smoking’ .
Tobacco smoke inside a room tends [...]