Secondhand smoke steals millions of healthy years from children worldwide
Every year, children around the world lose millions of healthy life years because of secondhand smoke.
New research presented at the European Respiratory Society Congress...
Kids may age faster if their fathers smoked as teenagers
New research suggests that people whose fathers started smoking during puberty may age faster than expected, highlighting how teenage smoking could harm not just...
Why smoking reduces common gut disease symptoms
For more than 40 years, doctors have noticed a strange medical mystery: people who smoke are less likely to suffer from ulcerative colitis, a...
Daily cannabis use linked to 44% higher risk of asthma, study find
As cannabis becomes more widely legalized and socially accepted, many people see it as a safer alternative to tobacco.
But new research suggests that inhaling...
One in three young adults skip the dentist—why it’s a growing public health crisis
Almost one in three young adults in the United States did not visit the dentist in the past year—and experts say that’s more than...
Smoking raises diabetes risk across all types, study finds
Smoking is well known to harm health in many ways, and new research has now confirmed that it also increases the risk of type...
Why flu hits older people harder
Older adults often get much sicker from the flu than younger people, and now scientists have discovered an important reason why.
A new study published...
Why some flu viruses are more dangerous than others
Most people who catch the flu experience a few days of fever, fatigue, and coughing before recovering.
But certain strains of influenza A viruses can...
Tiny air pollutants linked to millions of deaths worldwide
The air we breathe may be causing more harm than we thought.
According to new research involving scientists from McGill University, tiny air pollutants known...
Why many chronic pain patients stop using medical cannabis within a year
Medical cannabis is often seen as a promising option for people living with long-term pain, but new research suggests that its benefits may not...