Comments on: Eye on DNA Headlines for 31 August 2007 http://www.eyeondna.com/2007/08/31/eye-on-dna-headlines-for-31-august-2007/ How will it change your life? Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:47:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Kate http://www.eyeondna.com/2007/08/31/eye-on-dna-headlines-for-31-august-2007/#comment-57337 Kate Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:18:20 +0000 http://www.eyeondna.com/2007/08/31/eye-on-dna-headlines-for-31-august-2007/#comment-57337 I recently quit smoking and wanted to pass along a site I used to help me. It has a few basic videos showing how to <a href="http://www.monkeysee.com/play/5484-quit-smoking">quit smoking</a>. I'm not sure if you're interested in how to videos, but I found these useful. I recently quit smoking and wanted to pass along a site I used to help me. It has a few basic videos showing how to quit smoking. I’m not sure if you’re interested in how to videos, but I found these useful.

]]> By: Top 5 Reasons Smoking Is Dangerous To My Mental Health http://www.eyeondna.com/2007/08/31/eye-on-dna-headlines-for-31-august-2007/#comment-54647 Top 5 Reasons Smoking Is Dangerous To My Mental Health Wed, 12 Mar 2008 17:21:40 +0000 http://www.eyeondna.com/2007/08/31/eye-on-dna-headlines-for-31-august-2007/#comment-54647 [...] Today is No Smoking Day over in the UK. *waves across the ocean to Dr. Hsien-Hsien Lei* [...] [...] Today is No Smoking Day over in the UK. *waves across the ocean to Dr. Hsien-Hsien Lei* [...]

]]> By: Eye on DNA Headlines for 7 September 2007 http://www.eyeondna.com/2007/08/31/eye-on-dna-headlines-for-31-august-2007/#comment-7285 Eye on DNA Headlines for 7 September 2007 Fri, 07 Sep 2007 11:16:25 +0000 http://www.eyeondna.com/2007/08/31/eye-on-dna-headlines-for-31-august-2007/#comment-7285 [...] The CDC Genomics & Health Weekly Update features Eye on DNA this week under Let’s Go Surfing! (Sorry about last week’s false alarm.) [...] [...] The CDC Genomics & Health Weekly Update features Eye on DNA this week under Let’s Go Surfing! (Sorry about last week’s false alarm.) [...]

]]> By: David Bradley http://www.eyeondna.com/2007/08/31/eye-on-dna-headlines-for-31-august-2007/#comment-6105 David Bradley Fri, 31 Aug 2007 13:32:32 +0000 http://www.eyeondna.com/2007/08/31/eye-on-dna-headlines-for-31-august-2007/#comment-6105 But nasties come not only from cigarettes but also other forms of pollution, so perhaps her longevity might be associated with some generic protective effect against such compounds...who knows? Like you say, good idea to get her consent sooner, rather than later, for all kinds of reasons... db But nasties come not only from cigarettes but also other forms of pollution, so perhaps her longevity might be associated with some generic protective effect against such compounds…who knows? Like you say, good idea to get her consent sooner, rather than later, for all kinds of reasons…

db

]]> By: Hsien http://www.eyeondna.com/2007/08/31/eye-on-dna-headlines-for-31-august-2007/#comment-6093 Hsien Fri, 31 Aug 2007 11:47:33 +0000 http://www.eyeondna.com/2007/08/31/eye-on-dna-headlines-for-31-august-2007/#comment-6093 Instead of genetic engineering, the easier way is to avoid cigarettes altogether. It's not like we have to smoke to live. Now if we can do something about boosting our immunity to atherosclerosis caused by donut ingestion.... But, yes, I'm sure she has some sort of protective genes in effect. Somebody better get her consent for a DNA sample before it becomes unethical to do so! ;) Instead of genetic engineering, the easier way is to avoid cigarettes altogether. It’s not like we have to smoke to live. Now if we can do something about boosting our immunity to atherosclerosis caused by donut ingestion….

But, yes, I’m sure she has some sort of protective genes in effect. Somebody better get her consent for a DNA sample before it becomes unethical to do so! ;)

]]> By: David Bradley http://www.eyeondna.com/2007/08/31/eye-on-dna-headlines-for-31-august-2007/#comment-6091 David Bradley Fri, 31 Aug 2007 11:38:16 +0000 http://www.eyeondna.com/2007/08/31/eye-on-dna-headlines-for-31-august-2007/#comment-6091 That's the gal I was thinking of... They're rare those kinds of people though. But, just think if she has a smoking-protective gene, we could engineer ourselves to stay safe from all the nasties given off by cigarettes. Seriously, though, maybe she does have some favourable genetics that might point to why some people are more susceptible than others to particular lung diseases etc. db That’s the gal I was thinking of…

They’re rare those kinds of people though. But, just think if she has a smoking-protective gene, we could engineer ourselves to stay safe from all the nasties given off by cigarettes.

Seriously, though, maybe she does have some favourable genetics that might point to why some people are more susceptible than others to particular lung diseases etc.

db

]]> By: Hsien http://www.eyeondna.com/2007/08/31/eye-on-dna-headlines-for-31-august-2007/#comment-6090 Hsien Fri, 31 Aug 2007 11:35:49 +0000 http://www.eyeondna.com/2007/08/31/eye-on-dna-headlines-for-31-august-2007/#comment-6090 hehe I know just who you're thinking of. From <a href="http://www.neatorama.com/2007/08/29/smoker-celebrates-100th-birthday-by-lighting-up/">Neatorama</a>: <i>A life-long smoker, Winnie Langley just celebrated her 100th birthday by smoking her 170,000th cigarette!</i> hehe I know just who you’re thinking of.

From Neatorama:

A life-long smoker, Winnie Langley just celebrated her 100th birthday by smoking her 170,000th cigarette!

]]> By: David Bradley http://www.eyeondna.com/2007/08/31/eye-on-dna-headlines-for-31-august-2007/#comment-6089 David Bradley Fri, 31 Aug 2007 11:29:53 +0000 http://www.eyeondna.com/2007/08/31/eye-on-dna-headlines-for-31-august-2007/#comment-6089 It is. But, there's always someone you know who has a granny who lived to 190 and smoked 60 a day since she was ten... ..face like a catcher's mitt since she was 30 of course. db It is. But, there’s always someone you know who has a granny who lived to 190 and smoked 60 a day since she was ten…

..face like a catcher’s mitt since she was 30 of course.

db

]]> By: Hsien http://www.eyeondna.com/2007/08/31/eye-on-dna-headlines-for-31-august-2007/#comment-6087 Hsien Fri, 31 Aug 2007 11:21:25 +0000 http://www.eyeondna.com/2007/08/31/eye-on-dna-headlines-for-31-august-2007/#comment-6087 Smoking is bad for you. No doubt about it. Just the thought of all the cosmetic damage smoking causes should make a person quit! Smoking is bad for you. No doubt about it. Just the thought of all the cosmetic damage smoking causes should make a person quit!

]]> By: David Bradley http://www.eyeondna.com/2007/08/31/eye-on-dna-headlines-for-31-august-2007/#comment-6086 David Bradley Fri, 31 Aug 2007 11:13:30 +0000 http://www.eyeondna.com/2007/08/31/eye-on-dna-headlines-for-31-august-2007/#comment-6086 Lung cancer isn't the only thing to worry about with smoking...there's emphysema, of course, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. All nasty, nasty ways to rot your lungs away to nothing. Still there is the benefit of a tiny reduction in risk of getting Parkinson's disease, should you happen to survive the lung rot. db Lung cancer isn’t the only thing to worry about with smoking…there’s emphysema, of course, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. All nasty, nasty ways to rot your lungs away to nothing. Still there is the benefit of a tiny reduction in risk of getting Parkinson’s disease, should you happen to survive the lung rot.

db

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