The effects of smoking, drinking too much, and not exercizing enough are felt by the age of 36, researchers have warned. By stopping these behaviors early in adulthood and midlife, years of subsequent ...

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 ...

A man sits outside and holds a slim menthol cigarette between his fingers. Close-up with focus on the cigarette. The study provided a comprehensive examination of how lifestyle and environmental ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Quitting smoking within 6 months of cancer diagnosis reduced risk for all-cause mortality by nearly half. The ...

In 2003, UCLA epidemiologist James Enstrom and I published a study of environmental tobacco smoke (ETS)—also called "secondhand smoke" or "passive smoking"—in the British Medical Journal (BMJ). Using ...

Smoking affects the immune system of patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) by modulating gut metabolite profiles and mucosal microbiota, potentially explaining why smoking is harmful in Crohn ...

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) thickens and stiffens the left ventricle of your heart, which can limit blood pumping. HCM can also worsen atrial fibrillation risk and related blood clots. Smoking ...

Smoking is an established risk factor for multiple sclerosis (MS). Smoking also worsens the course of disease for people who already have MS. MS is an inflammatory disease that involves the breakdown ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - For each cigarette a pregnant woman lights up each day, she raises her baby's risk of strabismus by 5 percent, new research suggests. Further, the effect of smoking on the ...

Growing up in Manhattan's Upper East Side, Aitana V. remembers being a young girl and not seeing anyone from her school or in her community smoke. If the topic of cigarettes even came up, "we talked ...