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Effects of Smoking

• You can get addicted to smoking.

• Each year, more than 100,000 people die from smoking.

• Smoking can cause cancers.

• Nicotine and carbon monoxide in cigarettes increase your heart rate and blood pressure.

• It can cause heart attacks and stroke.

• Carbon monoxide attaches to the haemoglobin and prevents it from carrying oxygen.

• Smoking causes emphysema and bronchitis.

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Description

Brain is the center of nervous system. It weighs approximately 1.359 kg. Together with the spinal cord, it forms the central nervous system. They are very important in coordinating different parts of the body, so require a lot of protection. The brain is enclosed by the bony skull and three layers of tissues called meninges. The spinal cord is protected by the vertebral column.

Functions

Each part of the brain has a different function. If one part is damaged ...

Giant Panda

Species name: The scientific name for the giant panda is Ailuropoda melanoleuca.

Classification: The giant panda is in the animalia kingdom, the chordata phylum, the mammalia class, in the carnivora order, in the Ursidae (bear) family.

Diet: It eats a certain type of bamboo and some insects.

Physical properties and adaptations: It has a shoulder height of 65 to 70 cm. Some ad...

Welcome to my health news blog! I will post more health news once I get it. 

1. First-year students put on the "freshman 15."

It is a popular belief that undergrads gain 15 pounds in their first year of university, but a new study from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, sets the record straight. A research team from the department of nutritional sciences at Rutgers' Cook College weighed 67 volunteer students in the fall and sp...