WHO: Cigarette Company Like Mutated Virus

World No Tobacco Day HealthNewsPoint.com, New York: Governments around the world should ban all forms of tobacco marketing, not only in the advertising billboards and television, because the tobacco companies finding new ways to penetrate the market, the statement said the World Health Organization (WHO). Head of WHO's communicable diseases division, Douglas Bettcher, says tougher measures need to be taken to control tobacco use, which...

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600 Thousand Passive Smokers Die Every Year

World No Tobacco Day HealthNewsPoint.com, London: Better late than not at all, this sentence may be appropriate for those who still choose to continue to smoke. The worst risk is the exposure to secondhand smoke damage the lungs and other vital organs. Passive smoking is just terrible impact, especially for active smokers. The first global study shows secondhand smoke is estimated to cause 600,000 deaths annually around the world...

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Alert, High Blood Pressure Can Lower Brain Function

High blood pressure, aka hypertension synonymous with heart disease. But a new study has revealed that hypertension, especially in the arteries that supply blood to the head and neck may be associated with cognitive decline, brain. The research team from Australia said that people with high blood pressure in the artery or central veins, including the aorta and carotid arteries (the vessels that supply blood to the neck and head) has a test...

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