Fact checked by Nick Blackmer Classic heart disease risk factors such as smoking and high cholesterol receive the most attention.However, new research suggests inflammation could also be a major ...

While smoking boosts the likelihood of heart attack in both men and women of all ages, it has a much more powerful effect in younger women, especially those under 50, a new study suggests. For ...

The US surgeon general released a report Tuesday calling smoking and its effects an epidemic among women and blaming the tobacco industry for targeting younger women, Paul Moniz reports. The ...

Smoking is bad for your heart, especially if you are a young woman. Women under 50 who smoke may face the highest risks of serious type of heart attack compared to men, according to a new study ...

Women who smoke cigarettes are just as likely as men to develop potentially fatal aneurysms in the main artery leading from the heart, according to a recent study.

For a large swath of young American women, light smoking is growing in popularity, according to a new study. In new research published in Preventing Chronic Disease, researchers from the ...

Women smokers more than triple their risk of dying early, but kicking the habit can virtually eliminate the increased risk.

Women may have a harder time kicking their smoking habit than men do. Researchers say women are more likely to get stressed and reach for a cigarette when trying to quit, meaning it takes them ...

Contrary to common belief, women smokers are not more likely than men to get lung cancer, researchers report.

High-risk adults with active thyroid eye disease, such as smokers, women and older adults, experienced a reduction in outward bulging of the eye at 24 weeks that was similar to adults at lower ...