Fast Facts: What You Need to Know About Smoking and Bladder Cancer
Learn how smoking and vaping affect your risk of developing bladder cancer
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Lung Cancer Kills an Alarming Number of Women — But There’s Hope
There are many misconceptions about risk factors and treatment options for lung cancer
Foods High in Added Fats and Refined Carbs Are Like Cigarettes – Addictive and Unhealthy
Leading scientists from around the globe identified unhealthy diets as a greater risk to human health than unsafe sex and alcohol, drug and tobacco use combined
Struggling to Quit Smoking? Your Genes Might Be at Fault
How environment, behavior and genetics affect nicotine dependence
How Does Smoking Marijuana Affect Academic Performance? Two Researchers Explain How It Can Alter More Than Just Moods
During the pandemic, marijuana use among college students reached record highs
E-Cigarettes Get FDA Approval: 5 Essential Reads on the Harms and Benefits of Vaping
The authorization only relates to tobacco-flavored e-cigarettes and not the wider range of flavors that critics say are aimed at younger consumers
Clinically Speaking: Questions to Ask Your Healthcare Provider About Preterm Birth
1 baby in 10 is born too soon in the U.S. each year. Is your baby at risk?
Sleep Apnea Is More Common Than You Think — and More Serious
Don't dismiss poor sleep as a normal part of aging. It could be sleep apnea, a disorder with serious health consequences.
Vape Sellers Are Using Popular Music Videos to Promote E-Cigarettes to Young People – and It’s Working
Teens and young adults spend several hours a day looking at their phones and watching videos, many of which might contain product placements for vaping.
Clinically Speaking: Questions to Ask Your Healthcare Provider About Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease
What do you need to know about diabetes and heart disease? Nieca Goldberg, M.D., suggests questions to ask if you have either or both conditions.
Is Smelling Burnt Toast a Sign That You're Having a Stroke?
Learn the signs and symptoms of a stroke
Everything you need to know about women’s health — in one place.
Seat Belts and Smoking Rates Show People Eventually Adopt Healthy Behaviors – but It Can Take Time We Don’t Have During a Pandemic
Changes in societal behavior that benefit public health occur in fits and starts – and never fast enough for the individuals who fall victim before society comes around
Put That Cigarette Out
Smoking is dangerous, but quitting's not easy. Here are some tips for how to quit for good.
Vaping and Depression: What's the Connection?
Vaping, already linked to lung damage, may also have harmful psychological effects, a new study suggests.
Vaping is Bad for Everyone, and It's Especially Unhealthy for Children
Vaping and e-cigarettes have become an epidemic. This is a serious public health and women’s health problem because many adolescents and young people have started vaping recently, and vaping is now associated with deaths and of severe lung injuries.
Parent Alert! Your Kid May Be Vaping More Than Tobacco
Parents need to be concerned about what kids are using in vaping devices (also known as e-cigarettes) since they can contain marijuana and not just nicotine and flavorings.
Pediatricians Put It Bluntly: Motherhood and Marijuana Don't Mix
Women who are pregnant of breastfeeding their infants should avoid marijuana since THC (one of the active compounds in marijuana) can easily cross the placenta and accumulate in the brain and fat of the fetus, and this can harm the fetus or their baby.
Women and Their Health Care Providers Need to Be More Aware of COPD
More women than men are now dying from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which is associated with increased rates of women smoking in the 1960s and 1970s.
Only Smoke 1 Cigarette a Day? It Can Still Kill You
If you think having just one cigarette a day won't do any harm, you're wrong.
