Women are around 50% more likely than men to develop COPD, the umbrella term for chronic lung conditions, such as emphysema and bronchitis, even if they have never smoked or smoked much less than ...

Smoke like a man, die like a man. U.S. women who smoke today have a much greater risk of dying from lung cancer than they did decades ago, partly because they are starting younger and smoking more -- ...

Contrary to common belief, women smokers are not more likely than men to get lung cancer, U.S. researchers reported Tuesday. They found that lung cancer is an equal opportunity killer, taking just as ...

Women who smoke appear to be more susceptible to lung cancer than men who smoke, though women smokers have a lower rate of lung cancer-related death, according to a study in the July 12 issue of JAMA.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers found a significantly increased adjusted risk for COPD diagnosis among women vs. men. Women had a ...

Diane Stover is the chief of pulmonary medicine at Memorial Sloan- Kettering Cancer Center in New York. Eighty percent of the diseases she treats are related to smoking. And she's got a special ...

A new study of over a million women reports smokers more than triple their risk of dying early compared with nonsmokers, and that kicking the habit can virtually eliminate this increased risk of ...

Tobacco companies did elaborate research on women to figure out how to hook them on smoking — even toying with the idea of chocolate-flavored cigarettes that would curb appetite, according to a new ...