Lung cancer screening rates among heavy current and former smokers remain low and unchanged despite prevention guidelines, according to a new study published in JAMA Oncology last week. For the study, ...

Chronic cannabis smoking induces subtle metabolic changes that include increased visceral adiposity and adipose tissue insulin resistance, according to a new study published online March 25 in ...

New research uncovers how heavy smoking rapidly disrupts blood and airway biology, revealing the hidden damage that accelerates disease risk in otherwise healthy adults. Study: The effects of heavy ...

Global health experts believe it is high time the World Health Organisation (WHO) reconsidered its Tobacco Control Policy, the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC), which they say ...

While it is well known that smoking causes lung cancer, heavy smokers with diabetes are also at increased risk of death from causes other than lung cancer, according to a study being presented next ...

Share on Pinterest A new study reports young adults who smoke could face more than double the risk of having an unexplained stroke. Catherine Falls Commercial/Getty Images Researchers report that ...

After decades of qualms about lung cancer screening, the American Cancer Society says there now is enough evidence to recommend it, but only for current and former heavy smokers ages 55 to 74 and ...