Women smokers are four times as likely as their non-smoking peers to harbour an unruptured aneurysm--a weakened bulging artery--in the brain, finds research published online in the Journal of ...
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 ...
Women who smoke are no more likely to develop lung cancer than men who smoke. Women who have never smoked, however, do seem to be at higher risk of developing the cancer than men who have never smoked ...
It was fall 2021, and Aurora Lucas had a stubborn cough and chest pain. However, her doctors dismissed the symptoms, telling her to drink hot water and honey. After three months of hospital visits, ...
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The study says it is the first to estimate disability prevalence and severity by smoking status and select demographic characteristics. Around 1 in 7 U.S. adults who smoke might have some degree of ...