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 ...

Smoking is dangerous for everyone. However, women may face more serious health problems compared to men. From fertility issues to heart disease, the effects of smoking on women's bodies can be ...

Doctors in the Netherlands are to offer vouchers and coaching to persuade women to stop smoking during pregnancy, following ...

Quitting smoking lengthens women’s lives Women who quit smoking before age 30 years experienced dramatic improvements in life-expectancy compared with those who continued to smoke. HealthDay News — ...

Numerous factors shape how a person’s immune system reacts to infections and other challenges. Age, sex and genetics are fundamental contributors—as the COVID pandemic highlighted. Now a new study ...

A research group led by the Central Institute of Mental Health (CIMH) in Mannheim has confirmed for the first time within the ...

Small study cites increased movements of unborn babies when moms smoked. The study looked at fetuses for both smoking and non-smoking women. The fetuses, whose mother's smoked, tended to touch their ...

Smoking tobacco is so harmful to the body that it changes a person's immune system, leaving them vulnerable to more disease and infection even years after they've quit, a new study found.Video above: ...