Smoking's up-side: Nicotine protects the brain from Parkinson's disease
Monday, August 1, 2011 - 10:30
in Health & Medicine
If you've ever wondered if smoking offered society any benefit, a new research report published in The FASEB Journaloffers a surprising answer. Nicotine protects us from Parkinson's disease, and the discovery of how nicotine does this may lead to entirely new types of treatments for the disease.