The health hazards of smoking are well known: Cigarettes are known to contribute to the prevalence of cancers of the mouth, head, lung, breast, bladder, stomach and other parts of the body. It is also linked to coronary heart disease and many other fatal disorders. It is suspected of causing infertility in women and raises the risk of fetal deformity during pregnancy. The World Health Organization said it kills 5 million people worldwide a year, which is equivalent to one person dying every six

A U.S. teenager posted a video on YouTube showing her acne-ridden face and shared her beauty techniques to conceal blemished skin with makeup in 10 minutes.Cassandra Bankson, 19, hesitated for a month before making the decision to expose her face online to help people suffering with the same condition.The makeup lesson has drawn 7.8 million hits and received great responses from viewers. Bankson was asked to appear on a television show that gave her a chance to reveal her story.She confessed tha

Genetics can predict success of smoking cessation and whether a person is likely to respond to drugs for nicotine addiction, U.S. researchers say.“We found that the effects of smoking cessation medications depend on a person’s genes,” first author Dr. Li-Shiun Chen of the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, said in a statement.The research focused on specific variations in a clu

Following in the footsteps of his grandfather, Sweden’s King Carl XVI Gustaf and his wife Queen Silvia visited the National Museum of Korea in Seoul on Tuesday to appreciate the beauty of Korean relics. The Swedish king and queen headed to the museum on the first day of their four-day visit, demonstrating their keen interest in Korean culture and history. Korea and Sweden enjoy a strong cultural tie starting with the former Swedish King Gustaf VI Adolf, the current king’s grandfather. The late k

Following is the fourth in a series of articles in which leading architects discuss their representative work. ― Ed.For many people, architectural space holds numerous meanings and responses. A space born out of a certain form creates countless stories for pedestrians who walk past the buildings or who look at them from afar; the stories can be different for the builders, the owners and the users. An architect is a person who gathers and predicts such stories and translates them into a form. Thu

 A West Virginia minister has died from a timber rattlesnake bite he sustained during a snake-handling service, a hospital says.Mark “Mack” Wolford, 44, pastor of Full Gospel Apostolic House of the Lord Jesus in Matoaka, died Monday at Bluefield Regional Medical Center, The Register-Herald of Beckley reported. He was brought to the hospital late Sunday night.Wolford‘s father died from a snake-hand

Women in Nuclear Korea announced Monday that its current president, Park Se-moon, has been named the sixth incoming president of the organization’s global office. This will be the first time a Korean will head Women in Nuclear Global, or WiN Global, a non-profit organization that supports and encourages females working in the world’s nuclear industries. Park will also be the second Asian to head the association, following a four-year tenure by WiN Global’s fourth president, Junko Ogawa.  Park wa

Bo Xilai, the former party secretary of Chongqing, China, and Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi are mired in a scandal after a news report said Zhang allegedly provided sexual services for Bo in exchange for money.U.S.-based Chinese-language news Website Boxun was quoted by news reports as saying that Bo’s associate Xu Ming, founder and chairman of Dalian Shide Group, arranged secretive meetings for the two more than 10 times from 2007-2011.The report said Zhang was paid about 46 million Taiwanese doll