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EducationRe: ATBU Student Electrocuted To Death In Bauchi by Ithee(m): 1:00pm On Nov 19, 2015
Nairaland english ehn! Electrocuted to death
Abeg when someone is Electrocuted, e never reach bus-stop?
CelebritiesRe: Jim Iyke With Cast Of 'A star in Heaven' In Atlanta (photo) by Ithee(m): 10:02pm On Nov 01, 2015
Ok now. We don yie
Christianity EtcRe: T.B Joshua "Predicted Crash Of Russian Plane"(watch Video) by Ithee(m): 9:54pm On Nov 01, 2015
chuna1985:
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No vex my nigga, na the idiot wey you quote I wan follow body quote




No harm meant
Christianity EtcRe: Alcohol: good Or Evil. What The Bible Really Says. by Ithee(m): 8:42am On Nov 01, 2015
Ogogoro dey pepe me for throat. #Team no Alch

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Christianity EtcRe: T.B Joshua "Predicted Crash Of Russian Plane"(watch Video) by Ithee(m): 8:36am On Nov 01, 2015
chuna1985:
Ur lacking in common sense.
You forgot your senses in October. Hurrah!!! Its November
Christianity EtcRe: T.B Joshua "Predicted Crash Of Russian Plane"(watch Video) by Ithee(m): 8:33am On Nov 01, 2015
So what's the essence of the prediction when the plane later crashed
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Christianity EtcRe: T.B Joshua "Predicted Crash Of Russian Plane"(watch Video) by Ithee(m): 8:33am On Nov 01, 2015
So what's the essence of the prediction when the plane later crashed
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PhonesRe: Android, Anyone? Part II by Ithee(m): 11:38pm On Oct 31, 2015
Whenever I click the power button of my android device, this is what I get and I can scroll or select anything in the option provided there.
Not even the recovery mode

Please help!!!!!!!!!!!!!

CelebritiesRe: Why I Decided To Open A Christian Nightclub - Julius Agwu by Ithee(m): 9:14pm On Oct 30, 2015
Why I decided to post here . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I smell FP
PoliticsRe: Jay Z Visits Bukola Saraki In Kwara (2006) - Photos by Ithee(m): 5:04pm On Jun 14, 2015
TRILLIONIAR:
wahoo never knew
Are you still in poly?
PoliticsRe: Jay Z Visits Bukola Saraki In Kwara (2006) - Photos by Ithee(m): 10:02pm On Jun 12, 2015
TRILLIONIAR:
kwara poly gate to the campus round about his name after jay z
The road between IBAS and IES is also tagged SHAWN CARTER JAY Z
PoliticsRe: Olusegun Obasanjo Foundation 1-Year Anniversary In Pictures by Ithee(m): 7:55am On May 09, 2015
finnest nigga
































lol.....just kidding
HealthRe: 5 Health Benefits Of Smoking by Ithee(op): 7:02pm On Apr 30, 2015
4. Smoking lowers risk
of death after some
heart attacks

Compared with non-
smokers, smokers who have had heart attacks seem to have lower mortality rates and more favorable responses to two kinds of therapy to
remove plaque from their arteries: fibrinolytic therapy, which is basically medication; and angioplasty, which removes the plaque by inserting balloons or stents into the arteries.
There's a catch, though.
The reason why smokers have heart attacks is that smoke scars the arteries, allowing fat and plaque to build up in the first place. So, one theory as to why smokers do better than non-smokers after such therapies is that they are younger,
experiencing their first heart attack approximately 10 years before the non-smoker.
A study published in an August 2005 issue of the American Heart Journal, however, states that age alone is not enough to fully explain the survival differences and that "the smoker's paradox is alive and well." No alternative theories have been put forth since.

5. Smoking helps the heart drug clopidogrel
work better

Clopidogrel is a drug used to inhibit blood clots for those patients suffering from coronary artery disease and other
circulatory diseases
leading to strokes and
heart attacks. Smoking seems to help clopidogrel do its job better.
A study by Korean
researchers in the
October 2010 issue of the journal Thrombosis
Research builds upon
work by Harvard
researchers published in 2009 that demonstrates the benefit of smoking at least 10 cigarettes a day.
It seems that something in cigarette smoke activates certain proteins called cytochromes, which convert clopidogrel into a more active state.
Again, no respectable
doctor is encouraging
patients to start smoking to get the most out of clopidogrel. But this and the other four "benefits" of smoking reveal how tobacco perhaps not unlike other potentially toxic plants might contain certain chemicals
of real therapeutic value.
Health5 Health Benefits Of Smoking by Ithee(op): 6:48pm On Apr 30, 2015
Who says smoking cigarettes is so bad.... well, aside from the World Health Organization, Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and every medical board and association on the
face of the Earth?
But should smokers be fortunate enough to dodge all that cancer, heart disease, emphysema and the like, they will be uniquely
protected for reasons unexplained by science against a handful of diseases and afflictions.
Call it a silver lining in
their otherwise
blackened lungs.
Althoughlong-term
smoking is largely a
ticket to early death, here are (gulp) five possible
benefits from smoking.

1. Smoking lowers risk of knee-replacement
surgery

While smokers might go broke buying a pack of cigarettes, they can at least save money by avoiding knee-replacement surgery.
Surprising results from a new study have revealed that men who smoke had less risk of undergoing total joint replacement surgery than those who never smoked.
The study, from the
University of Adelaide in Australia, appears in the July issue of the journal Arthritis & Rheumatism.
What could be the
connection? Knee-
replacement surgery was more common among
joggers and the obese; smokers rarely jog, and they are less likely to be morbidly obese.
After controlling for age, weight and exercise, the researchers were at a loss to explain the apparent, albeit slight protective effects of smoking for
osteoporosis. It could be that the nicotine in
tobacco helps prevent
cartilage and joint
deterioration.

2. Smoking lowers risk
of Parkinson's disease

Numerous studies have identified the uncanny inverse relationship between smoking and Parkinson's disease.
Long-term smokers are somehow protected against Parkinson's, and it's not because smokers die of other things earlier.
The most recent, well-
conducted study was
published in a March
2010 issue of the journal Neurology. Far from determining a cause for the protective effect, these researchers found that the number of years spent smoking, more so than the number of
cigarettes smoked daily, mattered more for a stronger protective effect.
Harvard researchers were among the first to provide convincing evidence that smokers
were less likely to develop Parkinson's. In a study published in Neurology in March 2007, these researchers found the protective effect wanes after smokers quit.
And they concluded, in
their special scientific
way, that they didn't
have a clue as to why.

3. Smoking lowers risk
of obesity

Smoking and, in
particular, the nicotine in tobacco smoke is an appetite suppressant.
This has been known for centuries, dating back to indigenous cultures in America in the pre-
Columbus era. Tobacco companies caught on by the 1920s and began targeting women with the lure that smoking would make them thinner.
A study published in the July 2011 issue of the journal Physiology & Behavior, in fact, is one of many stating that the inevitable weight gain upon quitting smoking is a major barrier in getting people to stop, second only to addiction.
The relationship between smoking and weight controlis complex: Nicotine itself acts as both a stimulant and appetite suppressant; and the act of smoking triggers behavior modification that prompts smokers to snack less. Smoking also might make food less tasty for some smokers, further curbing appetite.
As an appetite suppressant, nicotine
appears to act on a part of the brain called the hypothalamus, at least in mice, as revealed in a study by Yale researchers published in the June 10, 2011, issue of the journal Science.
No respectable doctor
would recommend smoking for weight
control, given the toxic baggage accompanying cigarettes. This recent
Yale study, however,
does offer an inkling of hope for a safe diet drug to help obese people control their appetites.
HealthRe: The Effect Of Malt Beverages On Blood Pressure by Ithee(op): 6:20pm On Apr 30, 2015
vislabraye:
What about non alcoholic malt drink ?
Not applied due to the absence of alcohol
HealthThe Effect Of Malt Beverages On Blood Pressure by Ithee(op): 5:44pm On Apr 30, 2015
A malt beverage is an
alcoholic or nonalcoholic fermented beverage made from barley. Malt beverages include beer, ale, stout and porter.
Having a frosty glass of beer on a hot day may cool you down, but it can also raise your blood pressure. In contrast, men with hypertension also
have shown positive
effects from drinking beer in moderation.

Elevated Blood Pressure
Drinking beer causes an increase in blood pressure, according to the Dr. Sheldon G. Sheps, hypertension specialist with the Mayo Clinic. This short-term effect is
temporary for moderate drinkers. Binge drinking or
drinking more than three beers daily can lead to long-term increases in your blood pressure. This
effect is true for malt
beverages or any alcoholic drinks. Beer has calories and can cause weight
gain, which is another risk factor for high blood pressure. A study by R.R.
Zilkens, published in the May 2005 issue of
"Hypertension," tested
blood-pressure levels in healthy men with normal blood pressure before and
after drinking beer. They noted elevated blood pressure levels after the men drank the beer. This was a temporary effect
and was also true for men who drank wine.

Positive Effects on Hypertension
Science can sometimes seem contradictory. Allison Van Dusen noted in
"Forbes," in March 2008, that men with high blood pressure, had a lower risk of fatal and nonfatal heart attacks if they drank
moderately. This is partly because drinking beer, or any alcoholic beverage, in moderation raises high- density lipoprotein, or
HDL, also known as the good cholesterol.
Overall Health Benefits Drinking malt beverages in moderation can have an overall health benefit.
While binge or heavy
drinking does not have beneficial effects on blood pressure or overall health, drinking beer in moderation can have various benefits. Moderate beer drinking helps reduce the risk of heart disease, digestive ailments, stress, depression and may even help you to live longer, according to David J.
Hanson, Ph.D., of New York State University at Potsdam. But as a
precaution, it is not
recommended that you start drinking if you do not already drink alcohol.
WebmastersRe: Post All Your Web Development Issues Here (php, Sql, Html, Javascript, Css) by Ithee(m): 9:24am On Apr 30, 2015
How do i link pages in wordpress
EducationRe: Common Lies Lecturers Tell Female Students Especially. by Ithee(m): 1:02am On Apr 28, 2015
A.O.C used to be Area Of Confusion in my school
LiteratureRe: Story Of Addiction..... (love Story) by Ithee(m): 12:26am On Apr 28, 2015
Shey na her bread you wan dey chop ni abi her pooC

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