Smoking

Smoking is one of the most harmful factors for clinical outcomes in orthopedic surgery. Numerous studies have reported the negative effects of smoking on infection rate, cardiopulmonary complications and tendon healing.

Flavorings combine with solvents in electronic cigarettes to produce unstable chemicals that may cause respiratory effects in users, according to new data presented at the virtual European Respiratory Society International Congress.

Patients who started or continued smoking after an atrial fibrillation diagnosis experienced greater risk for stroke compared with patients who quit or never smoked, researchers reported.

Current or past smoking was not associated with increased risk for the development of pouchitis in patients with ulcerative colitis, according to a meta-analysis published in Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics.

A new study provides insights on diagnostic testing, management, individual characteristics and quality of life in adults with chronic cough.

Women who smoke are four times more likely than those who do not smoke to have an unruptured brain aneurysm, according to a study published in Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry.

Young adults who quit smoking within 1 year after an MI reduced their risk for all-cause and CV mortality by more than 50%, researchers found.

Acid-producing diets and past smoking history appeared independently and jointly associated with increased risk for mortality among a cohort of breast cancer survivors, according to study results published in Journal of Clinical Medicine.

Higher Blymphocyte stimulator and low interleukin-10 levels among cigarette smokers, particularly women who are positive for antinuclear antibodies, are associated with an increased risk for systemic lupus erythematosus, researchers noted.

Phthalate exposure may negatively affect sleep quality for midlife women, according to a study published in Menopause.