Throughout the 15-year wrangle over the effects of smoking on health, women smokers have offered a medical conundrum. Although they puff at cigarettes with the same freedom as men, they do not suffer ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Current tobacco smoking vs. nonsmoking raised the likelihood for an asthma attack. Patients with lower odds for ...

Women are around 50% more likely than men to develop COPD, the umbrella term for chronic lung conditions, such as emphysema and bronchitis, even if they have never smoked or smoked much less than ...

In Croatia, the smoking rate was 36.7% in 2020, with the majority of smokers in the 25-44 age group, making it one of the countries with high female smoking rates. Although smoking prevalence among ...

"Oh, that's just from smoking." It's easy to dismiss a chronic cough as another problem with cigarettes. But what if it's a sign of the lung disease COPD? Franziska Gabbert/dpa Long-term smokers often ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - For pregnant women who want to quit smoking, a brisk walk can temporarily stave off tobacco cravings, says a Canadian study. Previous research has shown that exercise can ...

More young and middle-aged women are being diagnosed with lung cancer at a higher rate than men, and scientists are struggling to understand why, new research shows. Awareness of the disease’s effects ...

Ask most American women to name the disease that scares them most, and they’ll answer without hesitation: “Breast cancer.” But while breast cancer maintains a deadly toll, the nation’s female ...

Yale researchers have pinpointed a different brain response between male and female smokers by analyzing dynamic brain scans. This study marks the first time that PET (positron emission tomography) ...

Women’ are around 50% more likely than men to develop COPD, the umbrella term for chronic lung conditions, such as emphysema and bronchitis, even if they have never smoked or smoked much less than ...