Get this a Artis Seksi Solo  of your toenail clippings can tell what your lung  cancer risk from exposure to cigarettes, even if you're not a smoker! This  is the result of testing toenail clippings of 210 men diagnosed with  lung cancer, plus 630 men used as disease free controls. The toenail  clippings used for this research were donated by medical professionals  taking part in the study. Why use toenails, of all things?The  researchers were trying to find a way to measure exposure to secondhand  smoke. They tried measuring nicotine levels in hair, but when  researchers discovered toenail clippings from study participants they  thought they may be useful. Since hair and toenails form from the same  type of tissue, it might be possible to analyze them for nicotine. Toenails  represent your nicotine exposure of the last year, and have the  advantage of not needing any special storage arrangements. Toenails grow  fastest in young people and men, and for us all during the summer  months.
Rabu, 27 April 2011
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