By Priyanjana Pramanik, MSc. A massive nationwide study shows that lighting up before age 20 leaves a lasting cardiovascular ...

Smoking hurts everyone, but women under the age of 50 who smoke are at four to five times greater risk for having a heart attack, according to KOAT health expert Dr. Barry Ramo. He says most people ...

Light ex-smokers quickly reduce CVD risk to levels similar to never-smokers, while heavy ex-smokers take over 25 years to achieve comparable risk levels. The study used data from the Korean National ...

A recent Korean study reveals that the younger you are when you take up smoking, the higher your risk of serious ...

Dr. J. Craig Allen said "the carcinogens and toxins in tobacco smoke don't stay in your lungs; they...get into your ...

Researchers at the University of Oulu have identified genes that increase susceptibility to pneumonia. Alongside inherited ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Current smoking status was associated with a 26% higher risk for CKD compared with never smoking. Lifetime ...

Scientists are attributing more diseases to the long list of cigarettes' harms. A new report from the U.S. Surgeon General's office adds more entries to the official list of smoking-caused diseases, ...

Smoking's not often touted for its health benefits. But it's been known to help those suffering from colitis even though it exacerbates Crohn's disease. New research that could help treat the ...

The new report examined numbers from 2023, the latest year for which data were available. Deaths from cardiovascular diseases totaled 916,000, including about 680,000 deaths from heart disease and 180 ...