Posts tagged arteries
Arteries Improve After Smokers Quit, Study Finds
Mar 16th
Marilyn Marchione
AP Medical Writer
March 16, 2010
Quitting smoking can turn back time. A year after kicking the habit, smokers’ arteries showed signs of reversing a problem that can set the stage for heart disease, according to the first big study to test this. The improvement came even though smokers gained an average of 9 pounds after they quit, researchers found. Their levels of so-called good cholesterol improved, too.
Secondhand Smoke Damages Arteries
Mar 8th
Reuters
March 8, 2010
Children as young as 13 who have evidence of secondhand smoke in their blood also have visibly thicker arteries, Finnish researchers reported on Tuesday. Their study suggests that the damage caused by secondhand tobacco smoke starts in childhood and causes measurable damage by the teen years.
