15-04-04 World health experts warned Thursday that smoking water pipes, long popular in the Middle East and North Africa and with a growing fan base elsewhere, can be more harmful than cigarettes. 世界卫生专家近期警告称, 在中东和北非盛行的水烟危害程度可能比...
15-01-22 Residents in Southwest China's Chongqing Municipality have been banned from making smoked bacon, a traditional method of preserving pork, as it is blamed for causing foul air in the city. 中国西南部城市重庆市市民被禁止制作熏肉(一种保存猪肉的传统方...
14-12-08 In a new study, published in Science, researchers at Uppsala University demonstrate an association between smoking and loss of the Y chromosome in blood cells. The researchers have previously shown that loss of the Y chromosome is linked to cancer....
14-12-08 Jem heard me. He thrust his head around the connecting door. As he came to my bedAtticus's light flashed on. We stayed where we were until it went off; we heard him turnover, and we waited until he was still again. Jem took me to his room and put me...
14-11-26 The worldwide cost of obesity is about the same as smoking or armed conflict and greater than both alcoholism and climate change, research has suggested. 研究发现,肥胖问题造成的全球生活成本大约与吸烟或者武装冲突差不多,比酗酒和气候变化都要高。 The...
14-11-05 1. Mobile phone use Debrett's receive more enquiries about mobile use than any other device. According to Debrett's, it is always rude to pay more attention to a phone than a person in the flesh, and they should always be put away when transacting o...
14-11-05 Ever walked into a hotel room and smelled old cigarette smoke? While the last smoker may have left the room hours or even days ago, the lingering odors -- resulting from noxious residue that clings to walls, carpets, furniture, or dust particles --...
14-07-14 Researchers from The Miriam Hospital have found that people with mobility impairments under age 65 have significantly higher rates of smoking than those without mobility impairments. Additionally, smokers with mobility impairments were less likely t...
14-05-19 Young adults who smoked water pipes in hookah(水烟袋) bars had elevated levels of nicotine, cotinine, tobacco-related cancer-causing agents, and volatile organic compounds (VOC) in their urine, and this may increase their risk for cancer and other...
14-05-11 Alexander Imich, an 111-year-old Polish immigrant and Soviet gulag survivor who lives in Manhattan, became the world's oldest living man last month when the previous record-holder, Arturo Licata, died just days before his 112th birthday. 上个月意大...