Is Vaping Bad for My Lungs?
After his father died of smoking-related lung cancer, Chinese pharmacist Hon Lik invented the e-cigarette as an alternative to conventional tobacco smoking. Hon Lik was also a smoker who tried unsuccessfully to quit using the nicotine patch. He received a patent for his e-cigarette design in 2003 and the devices hit the Chinese market the […]
Are Stomach Ulcers Caused by Stress?
For decades, conventional wisdom held that stomach ulcers developed as the result of stress and spicy foods. Even Alfred Nobel, the man who established the Nobel Prize, once said, “Worry is the stomach’s worst poison.” In fact, two scientists who discovered a link between stomach ulcers and bacteria had a trouble convincing the medical community […]
