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Genetics and Health

March 26th, 2006

Quit Smoking and Blog of the Week: Quitspeed.com

This week’s featured blog is The Quit Smoking Blog. One of last week’s posts really caught my eye - Smoking Shown to Increase Risk of Impotence:
Ah, bad for all your male smokers out there, we don’t want to be soft now do we?
Now you know this blog’s going to be interesting.
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By Hsien Hsien Lei, PhD -- 2 comments

March 24th, 2006

Genes Encourage Kids to Smoke

Results from the Cardiff study of All Wales and North West of England Twins has found that genetic factors influence whether children become smokers. Dr. Marianne van den Bree:
If there is a sub-group of children with these genetic factors, in a family whose relationships are not good, it puts them at a higher risk […]

By Hsien Hsien Lei, PhD -- 5 comments