Even nicotine-free vaping damages blood vessels: Study

21 Aug, 2019

New York, Aug 21: Smoking e-cigarettes, also called vaping, can be harmful to the blood vessels even when the vapour is entirely nicotine-free, a new study suggests.

More NEWS

Binge drinking more injurious to women: Study ( 21 Aug, 2019)

New York, Aug 20: Binge drinking is emerging as a significant contributor to liver injury and researchers, including one of an Indian-origin, have found that it may be more damaging to women.

124 people died of Dengue in Central America: UN ( 21 Aug, 2019)

United Nations, Aug 15: Almost 124 people have died of Dengue in Central America among the nearly 127,000 cases.

FDA approves new drug for deadly tuberculosis ( 21 Aug, 2019)

Washington, Aug 15: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new drug for the treatment of a deadly type of treatment-resistant tuberculosis, one of the world's leading infectious causes of death.

Air pollution as bad as smoking a cigarette pack per day ( 21 Aug, 2019)

New York, Aug 14: Researchers have found that ozone air pollution which is increasing with climate change can accelerate lung disease as much as that by smoking a pack of cigarettes a day.

Heart attack cases higher in areas with more fast food outlets ( 21 Aug, 2019)

Sydney, Aug 13: While it is known that eating fast food is not good for health, researchers, including one of an Indian-origin, have found that areas with a higher number of fast food outlets record more heart attack cases.

New law to help prevent suicides among California youth ( 21 Aug, 2019)

San Francisco, Aug 13: The ID cards for students in 7th to 12th grade in California now have imprinted on them the suicide prevention hot line number in an effort to combat the second most prevalent cause of death among US residents between 10 and 24 years of age.