Large retrospective study supports benefits of quitting with smoking cessation medications over risks of smoking.

Children are particularly vulnerable to the effects of second-hand smoke because ... higher risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). Pregnant women who are exposed to second-hand smoke have ...

"Overall, our findings are reassuring given the extensive detrimental effects of smoking on maternal and child health." Maternal smoking during pregnancy is the leading cause of harm to both mother ...

Steroid hormone levels in healthy adults are influenced by oral contraceptives and smoking, as well as other ... As one example, understanding the potential effects of the contraceptive pill ...

But as the effect wears off ... information on smoking cessation therapies, and more. Smoking while pregnant may cause babies to be born with underdeveloped lungs. Children whose parents or ...

Smoking, caffeine and alcohol can have drastic effects on reproductive health of both men and women. Know the ill-effects. While tobacco consumption, caffeine and alcohol intake has become ...

The findings suggest that factors present early in life can have long-lasting effects on a person’s ... children of mothers who were obese while pregnant had a 264% increased likelihood of ...

PREGNANCY side effects women didn’t know about include excessive saliva, mysterious skin tags - and blurry vision. A poll of 2,000 women who have given birth uncovered the unwelcome bodily ...

during and more than a year after pregnancy, reveals the scale of the toll that carrying a baby and childbirth take on the body — from the myriad changes made to support a fetus to the effects ...

although the drug’s psychological effects can complicate how users respond. Anthony started smoking weed when she was 18 years old as a “communal ritual with friends.” Now she calls it her ...

Drawing attention to the harms of smoke inhalation may help direct public health policies and educate people of the effect ... 82,000 pregnant women across Japan, they calculated the Population ...