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Animal Smoking Experiments: Part 2
Beyond Animal Research By Jonathan Balcombe, Ph.D. November 2004 Animal Smoking Experiments: Part II Scientists have known for decades that smoking can have devastating |
Quitting Smoking
Quitting Smoking The risks of smoking are well established: cancer, heart disease, stroke, and respiratory problems. Thankfully, many health risks are dramatically reduced by quitting: Two to three years after quitting, female ex-smokers have no higher risk of a heart disease death, compared to non-smokers. |
Animal Smoking Experiments
Beyond Animal Research By Jonathan Balcombe, Ph.D. September 2004 Animal Smoking Experiments Scientists like to joke that smoking is a leading cause of statistics |
Smoking Gun: Forcing Tobacco on Animals
Scientists have known for decades that smoking can have devastating effects on human health. Yet researchers continue to waste time, money, and animals’ lives conducting cruel smoking experiments on animals. In two recent columns written exclusively for PCRM’s |
Lung Cancer
Phytoestrogens May Reduce Risk of Lung Cancer A new study at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center shows that natural compounds in beans and vegetables may reduce the risk of lung cancer. Phytoestrogens (phyto means plant) are structurally similar to estrog |
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ALTERNATIVES TO ANIMAL EXPERIMENTS New Technique Shows Drug Effects in the Human Brain Researchers at the Brain Imaging Center of McLean Hospital in Belmont, Massachusetts, have published the first research study showing the cocaine-induced changes in the blood vessels within the human brain. Coc |
An Examination of Animal Experiments
Inaccurate Results Money Lost, Attention Diverted The Time Factor |
The Major Killers of Americans: Research and Prevention
Research on the Major Killers of Americans Medical research is at a crossroads: The major killer diseases are not being cured by previous experimental methods. In order to overcome these diseases, doctors are prompted to learn new approaches and researchers are looking to new technologies. Heart Disease The greate |
Birth Defect Statistics
General Definition of a birth defect: Abnormal development of the fetus resulting in death, malformation, growth retardation, and functional disorders. Approximately 150,000 babies are born each year with birth defects. Approximately 3 percent of al |
Preventing and Reversing Heart Disease
Are there aspects of your health you would like to change? Perhaps you might like to lose a few pounds, bring your cholesterol down, or get away from medicines. I am here today to talk about some surprising ways to keep a healthy heart—not through prescriptions or bypass surgery, but through simple changes t |
Birth Defect Statistics
Birth Defect Statistics General Definition of a birth defect: Abnormal development of the fetus resulting in death, malformation, growth retardation, and functional disorders. Approximately 120,000 babies are born each year with birth defects. Approximately 3 perc |
Cancer Project: The News You Need
Broccoli Helps Prevent Lung Cancer A new study published in the Lancet suggests that the natural chemicals in broccoli, cabbage, bok choy, and other cruciferous vegetables may protect against lung cancer. Of 18,000 men studied, those with detectable isothiocyanates, a phytochemical, in their blood |
Cancer Project: The News You Need
DIETARY CARCINOGENS Eleven Herbs and Spices…and Arsenic? Arsenic levels detected in young chickens measured up to four times greater than previously recognized, according to research from the National |
Research on the Major Killers of Americans
Medical research is at a crossroads. The major killer diseases are not solved by old experimental techniques. In order to win against the major diseases, researchers are looking to new technologies, and doctors are forced to learn new approaches. Heart Disease: The Number One Killer The gre |
Colon Cancer
Colon Cancer: Prevention and Surivival > Why Red Meat May Lead to Colorectal Cancer Colorectal cancer is the second most common cancer worldwide with an estimated 80 percent of cases attributable to diet. Previous research indicates that individuals who regularly eat processed |
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