Can Invion cough up key to quitting?

Smokers trying to quit their habit are often motivated by the promise of shaking off their horrible, hacking cough but, in a cruel twist, in the early days off the fags they find their cough gets worse. However, local drug developer Invion may have uncovered a...

Why risk of emphysema is increased in smokers

Mutations in a gene that helps repair damaged chromosome ends may make smokers — especially female smokers — more susceptible to emphysema, according to results of a new study led by Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center researchers. The mutations are one of...

Dennis McCarthy: Al Martinez was one of a kind

Al Martinez, a former Daily News columnist, died Monday, Jan. 12, 2015. He was 85. (Photo by John McCoy/Los Angeles Daily News/File) ((Photo by John McCoy/Los Angeles Daily News/File) ) I always figured Al would write his own obit. He wasn’t the kind of guy to...