Smoking is nor good for smoker neither the people around him. Various studies have proved adverse effects of second-hand smoking on health of people who don’t smoke. The recent research has added one more adverse effect to the long list of harms due to exposure to second-hand smoke. In the recent research, researchers found that smoking by parents can trigger nicotine dependence symptoms in kids. It is believed that people who don’t smoke cannot experience nicotine dependence. 

A new study by University of Rochester Medical Centre suggests that pain is not a symptom of arthritis but it is a cause of the condition.

New York - The United Nations was seeking 20.2 million dollars to help Syria combat the worst drought in four decades, which has affected more than 1 million people there, the UN said Wednesday.

The money will go to help those affected for six months - predominantly herders and subsistence farmers who are at risk of losing their livelihoods and threatened by malnutrition, the UN humanitarian office said.

Japanese researchers found a genetic variant which could be responsible for

A recent research has shown that intake of alcohol before the age of 15 can make children alcoholics in the adulthood. Hence parents who allow their teenage children to take alcohol in a hope to teach them a responsible relationship to alcohol, are unknowingly making their children future alcohol addicts. This research was done by researchers at researchers of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) in USA.  

The most awaited drug, a polypill is ready for human trials.