Okay here's the think. I've read all the sites. I know that smoking regular tobacco involves inhaling like 4000 chemicals while e-cigarettes only have like 4. I know the difference between Propylene Glycol and Vegetable Glycerine. I know it's not FDA approved. I know smoking is awful for you...
A new government-funded study is to be carried out into how Britain's roads could be made safer for cyclists to reduce the risk of cycling injuries, encourage more people to use bikes and improve public health...
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While vaccines are perhaps medicine's most important success story, there is always room for improvement. Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University's Oregon National Primate Research Center (ONPRC) appear to have done just that. As explained in a newly published research paper, Mark...
In low-income countries, one way to make drinking water safer is to expose it to sunlight, but now scientists at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, suggest adding lime juice can make the method more effective. They write about their...
For decades, the*intrauterine device*(IUD) was a dirty word when it came to contraceptive, thanks in large part to problematic early versions, which lead to bacterial infection, sepsis, and other gnarly and painful complications. But these days, scientists have pretty much got IUDs down pat...
There have been extensive studies and reaserch in marijuana recently, they have found that it does not cause any type of permanent damage to the brain, a 20 year study in Canada (atleast I believe it was in Canada) showed that it does not do any permanent damage to lungs. The only reported case...
Scientists have discovered a missing link between the body's biological clock and sugar metabolism system, a finding that may help avoid the serious side effects of drugs used for treating asthma, allergies and arthritis. In a paper published last week in Nature, scientists at the Salk Institute...
I thought about this and it brings up an interesting point... Cigarettes contain of course the main ingredient, tobacco, but what sparked my interest in me asking questions is why do tobacco companies place other substances in with it? A lot of things in tobacco cigarettes contain unbelievably...
http://www.iihs.org/research/hldi/composite_cls.aspx?y=2008-2010&cls=14&sz=3&sort=name
If you look at the above link they both offer "substantially better" personal injury protection
But if you compare the numbers it seems you are 50% more likely to be injured in the Audi (the Audi's number...
I told my stupid boss that cars are safer and it only seems like trucks are safer because there are more cars on the road (so more cars means more car accidents which makes them look dangerous but they are not). Anyway she said that they were not. Why are people so stupid? How can I convince her...
I play flight simulator so much and have come to a conundrum :
When taking off the Boeing 747 with the least weight (few needed pounds and everything else empty), after 'rotating', should I pitch it up to 35 degrees angle to maintain the speed (because it tends to accelerate dramatically) during...
Hey guys, I've been a smoker for quite sometime now and lately I've been trying to think of a new way to smoke to save me the shortness of breath and the increased risk of cancer. So today I tried smoking my cigarettes rectally.
I light a cigarette, put it in my anus, pull with my rectal...
Doctors have been prescribing codeine for postpartum pain management for many years, and, until recently, it was considered safe to breastfeed while taking the opioid. But the death of an infant exposed to codeine through breast milk has many health care providers questioning the safety of the...
Motorcycle helmets, while protecting bikers' brains, may also be contributing to hearing loss. Scientists mapped the airflow and noise patterns to find out why. The distinctive roar of a Harley's engine is loud, but studies have revealed the biggest source of noise for motorcyclists is actually...