Credit: Getty Images Women with COPD, asthma, and OSA may go undiagnosed or without proper care because their symptomatology differs from the classic male presentation. Despite decades of advances in ...

* Lung disease risk is nearly 50% higher in women over 40 * Non-smokers are not safe from harmful indoor and occupational exposure * Symptoms in women often go //undiagnosed due to outdated medical ...

Tobacco use and smoking are well-known leading causes of lung cancer. However, an alarming trend has emerged; an increasing number of lung cancer cases are being reported among women who have never ...

Smoking hurts everyone, but women under the age of 50 who smoke are at four to five times greater risk for having a heart attack, according to KOAT health expert Dr. Barry Ramo. He says most people ...

November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month, which brings both good news and bad. On the one hand, overall rates of the disease — and deaths from it — have declined precipitously as smoking rates have ...

Aug. 6, 2005 — -- In her West Bloomfield, Mich., home, Lisa Roffman wiped away tears as she read from a journal she keeps for her 9-year-old daughter, Leah. "You are a special gift to the world," ...

Cigarette smoking remains one of the most destructive habits a person can maintain, despite decades of public health warnings and overwhelming scientific evidence documenting its dangers. Each year, ...

CLEVELAND — The traditional profile of a lung cancer patient—an older male smoker—no longer reflects the reality of who is being diagnosed with the disease today. Nearly 20% of new lung cancer ...

While scientists are still far from understanding the root causes behind most cancers, there are instances in which particular human behaviors have been linked to the development of specific ...