-Caveat Lector- From http://www.healthcentral.com/PrintFormat/PrintFullText.cfm?id=56968 }}>Begin Is Nicotine Good For The Heart? August 03, 2001 What is probably the number one drug problem that we have? Well, of course, you know the answer is cigarettes and nicotine. Well, here comes a story that will probably shock you. Researchers at Stanford University have just published the results of a study that shows that nicotine may actually be good for the heart. As a medical student, our pharmacology class began with the study of nicotine because it is a drug with straightforward effects on the body. It’s a good introduction to drugs and their effects. Here is what we know about nicotine. When we give people nicotine patches, after they’ve been smoking for years and are trying to quit, their hearts get better. Now, we always thought that was because when you smoke, you’re taking in carbon monoxide and other things that are bad for the heart. So, if you eliminate the gases the heart would improve. We still considered nicotine bad for the heart. We never correlated the heart improvement with nicotine. Well, now the research has become more refined, and researchers have found that nicotine has quite an effect on the formation of new blood vessels following a heart attack or stroke. This is just the effect you want in a heart drug. Remember that all this work is being conducted in the lab and not in humans, so things may change a bit when clinical research begins in human subjects. Still, this finding doesn’t surprise me, because there are thousands of byproducts that can affect your health. We don’t even know what causes lung cancer. Theories range from radiation that comes from the fertilizer used to grow tobacco, to the aromatic hydrocarbons that are produced by burning any vegetable matter. The burning vegetable matter theory is directly contradicted by evidence in marijuana use. Marijuana users don’t get lung cancer, and we don’t know why that is either. So we’ve got to keep an open mind, and listen. We also think that nicotine decreases your risk for colitis, Crone’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, and the list goes on. Source: Nature Medicine, Vol 7, No. 7, pp 833-839, July 2001 Copyright© 1994-2000 HealthCentral.com. All rights reserved. End<{{ <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
