HEALTH NOTES: How a new brain zapping machine can help ex-smokers stay off tobacco
Daily MailZapping the brain with a mild electric current can help ex-smokers stay off tobacco months after they have quit. But a study at the University Hospital in Dijon, France, found ex-smokers who had regular sessions of external brain stimulation – using a hand-held gadget that sends a gentle current through electrodes attached to the temples – were twice as likely to stay off cigarettes three to six months after stopping than those not having it. Zapping the brain with a mild electric current can help ex-smokers stay off tobacco months after they have quit Just blow away bugs on planes If you’re seated directly in front of someone coughing on a plane, you’re more likely that anyone else on board to pick up their illness. If you’re seated directly in front of someone coughing on a plane, you’re more likely that anyone else on board to pick up their illness One in five Britons with bowel cancer symptoms are too scared to seek medical help, a poll of 2,000 adults has revealed.
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