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Busted: Simple Test Can Catch Smokers Who Fib


Health & Wellness  (tags: health, smokers, smoking, nicotine, risks, carbon monoxide, humans, illness, disease, cancer, research, study )

Danielle
- 792 days ago - canada.com
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A simple device for detecting carbon monoxide in the blood may help doctors get an honest answer out of patients who smoke, U.S. researchers said on Monday. The device, called a pulse cooximeter, is typically used to test for
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