Not all discoveries are planned. Many a times results of research amaze the researcher itself. A similar instance was noticed when research was being undertaken on Acomplia for its weight loss properties. It was observed that the drug was helpful in reducing cravings for not only food but also smoking. This was a breakthrough discovery and was hailed by people all over the world. Obesity and smoking are two of the most severe problems grappling the society today. Today obesity causes...

If you have been smoking for a while, it can have a negative effect on your lungs. Some of those negative effects are a chronic hacking cough as well as shortness of breath. If you have these symptoms, most likely, your lungs are clogging up with tar and other chemicals from smoking. But the situation is not irreversible, you can still get clear lungs in a relatively short time.

So, how does smoking interfere with your lungs? In healthy clear lungs, the passage ways in your...

Marijuana is the common name for the drug obtained from the hemp plant, Cannabis sativa. Hemp is a tall annual plant that can grow in almost any climate. Native to central and western Asia, hemp is one of the oldest crops cultivated by humans. Hemp's most common agricultural use has been as a source of linen, rope, canvas, and paper. Hemp contains more than 400 chemicals. The main psychoactive (affecting the mind or behavior) chemical is tetrahydrocannabinol, commonly referred to as...

Sleep disorder has become a common complaint nowadays. With the complexities of life increasing, problems in sleep have started creeping in. Along with inability to get sleep which is medically termed as insomnia, sleep apnea is also getting common nowadays. Apnea is referred to problems faced in breathing while sleeping. Apnea is a very dangerous disorder owing to the fact that there occur pauses while sleeping in case of apnea and these pauses can get quite fatal if they last for a...

Lung Exercises may seem like an odd thing to you when it comes to quitting smoking but when your smoking cough starts playing up and you feel your breath is shallower than it used to be then at least the idea it will help your health is reasonable.

Cleaner lungswillhelp you quit smoking as well because once your lungs are clean your body is no longer used to the toxins and tar of cigarettes and actually makes cigarette smoke repellant to you.

In shortlung exercises will...

The lungs, like many other parts of the body can become filled with toxins and impurities which is why many people want to know how to do a lung detox. However as this is not as mainstream as other detox methods it is understandable to be skeptical about lung detoxification and want to know is it the real deal or just a hoax! Let us start with a few myths surrounding a lung detox.

How can our lungs keep toxins in them, don't we just breathe them out?
While we are always...

Knowledge Does Not Require Action. Kick the Habit or Kick the Bucket?

• 5,000 people in the US quit smoking in the US a day.
• 1,000 people every single day die from cigarette smoking related disease.
• Tobacco’s association with cancer, heart attacks, strokes, and chronic lung disease account for over half of the deaths in the Us annually

What Can You Expect When You Quit?

• Money in your pocket.
• Days added to your...

If you have been a smoker for a number of year you may have felt that your lungs are not as good as they used to be. A persistent cough, breathlessness and other symptoms are caused by a buildup of tar and toxins in the respiratory system that will require a lung cleanse or detox to fix.

So what is a lung cleanse you ask?

There is no great complexity to this question it is a way that you can clean your lungs ... as simple as that. However it is not all that well known or...

Cigarettes contain over 4000 chemicals, over 50 of which are known carcinogens (cancer causing poisons). These chemicals perform a range of functions – anything from improving the taste to slowing down the burn rate. Some of them don't perform any function at all, but the tobacco companies refuse to disclose how they get included. Here are the top 5 most deadly chemicals found in cigarettes...

1. Cyanide

Used by the Nazi's in their concentration camps during World War...

The electronic cigarette is made to change the chain smokers to switch to a safer way of smoking. The e-cig is also made for a healthier lifestyle a better future. In order for the user to use the electronic, he or she must firs buy the starter kit. The electronic cigarette does not produce real smoke but does produce vapor in order to look like a cigarette. This device also tastes like a regular cigarette. The electronic cigarette also consists of micro electric circuit, an indicator...