Once reserved for sacred events, now almost half of Papua New Guineans chew betel nut. It is common for children as young as six to chew it, and addicts admit using the drug every day from morning ...

"Betel nut chewing is associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality in Taiwanese men 1." AJCN . Wen-Yuan Lin, et al. May 2008.

Then he chews the mixture. “It opens your eyes. It makes you awake. It brings your senses to life,” he says. “Without betel ...

BUAI or betelnut, the favourite nut of many Papua New Guineans, has become a hard nut to crack. With prices going through the ...

The median age of the cancer patients was 58, while the standardized mortality rate was 16.5 people per 100,000, it said. Smoking and betel nut chewing are officially recognized as factors that ...

Worldwide, about 300 million people use smokeless tobacco and 600 million people use areca (also called betel) nut, one of the most popular psychoactive substances in the world after nicotine ...

Oral cancers caused by chewing or sucking betel nuts are at epidemic proportions in several countries, including India and China. To find oral cancer early and when it is most treatable, researchers ...