Smoking is a major risk factor for developing heart disease and heart failure. Quitting smoking, if possible, can improve a person's overall health. Learn more here.

Jennifer Grey is reflecting on how a sex scene with Patrick Swayze in their 1984 film “Red Dawn” was derailed.. According to the actress, 64, Swayze was drunk, and she was “smoking a lot of ...

Community-driven efforts play a vital role in combating smoking-related heart disease. One notable program, Tight4Life (Transformational Intervention for Grassroots Holistic Training), ...

Heart disease patients who quit smoking saw the same life-saving benefits as taking three different heart attack prevention medications, according to a new study presented at a recent congress for ...

Heart Failure: Chronic smoking damages the heart muscle, leading to heart failure. This is a condition where the heart cannot pump blood effectively, resulting in symptoms like shortness of breath ...

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.

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How Smoking Attacks the Heart and Vessels. Cigarette smoke delivers a toxic cocktail of nicotine, carbon monoxide and thousands of other chemicals into the bloodstream.

The more you smoke, the worse your heart function becomes. The heart can recuperate to some degree with smoking cessation, so it is never too late to quit. ...

People who quit smoking cigarettes before age 40 may lessen their chances of premature death from cardiovascular disease by 90 percent, according to a r eport in the Journal of the American Heart ...

Women who smoke during the first trimester of pregnancy are 60% more likely to have a child with congenital heart disease than women who don't smoke, according to a new case-control study.