Smoking causes half the tuberculosis deaths in Indian men
...way smoking kills people is by damaging the lung's defences against chronic TB infection. Our study indicates that in rural India about 12% of smokers, but only 3% of non-smokers, die prematurely from TB." Co-investigator Dr Prabhat Jha, of the University of Toronto, said: "Not only in Asia and Africa, but a...Smoking causes half the tuberculosis deaths in Indian men
...way smoking kills people is by damaging the lung's defences against chronic TB infection. Our study indicates that in rural India about 12% of smokers (but only 3% of non-smokers) will die prematurely from TB. In urban India the corresponding risks are 8% and 2%." Another co-author, Prabhat Jha, of the Unive...Mapping the air to safeguard your looks, the environment and planes in flight
...rious, as oxidation compromises the skin's natural defences and could also enhance irritation and allergic reactions. Differences were sufficiently pronounced between people living less than a hundred kilometres apart that researchers grew interested in acquiring more precise information on regional air poll...