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It’s not only loud noises that can make you deaf?both smoking and being overweight can do it too.

Both disrupt the blood flow to the ears. BBC News quotes researcher Erik Fransen as saying, “Once the damage is done, it’s done. It does not repair.”

If you’re NOT deaf, you?re probably often annoyed by sounds that wake you up at night. Now scientists are designing a soundproof blanket you can wear at night that deflects sound so that you can have a peaceful night’s sleep.
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…sometimes – Some things that seem destructive can be helpful in another way?under the right circumstances. With this in mind, researchers have discovered that a gene that makes you more likely to smoke also PROTECTS you from becoming addicted to cocaine!
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Smoking makes you fat and it can also contribute to your getting breast cancer, IF you have the gene for the disease. Most smokers want to quit, and we have new information about what HELPS.

Researchers Christine Ambrosone and Jenny Chang-Claude studied data from 10 of the 13 studies published in the last 10 years in which they evaluated genetic information, smoking habits and breast cancer risk in almost 5,000 premenopausal and over 7,000 postmenopausal women. They found a significant interaction between breast cancer risk, smoking, and a specific gene called the NAT2. Women who smoked the most years, consumed the highest number of cigarettes per day and had a specific form of NAT2 were at significantly increased risk of breast cancer.
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Smoking and drinking seem to go together naturally, and it turns out that there’s a scientific reason why it’s hard to quit one while still indulging in the other. Despite this fact, Alcoholics Anonymous meetings are notorious for their smoke-filled rooms.

Researcher Thomas J. Gould says, “Whenever someone uses these two drugs together, there must be a reason why. The goal of our research is to understand the interactive effects of these two drugs and, by understanding how they are altering behavior and producing neural changes, we will hopefully be in a better position to develop treatments for drug addiction.”
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