Health risks to women who smoke.

We prospectively examined the incidence of coronary heart disease in relation to cigarette smoking in a cohort of 119,404 female nurses who were 30 to 55 years of age in 1976 and were free of diagnosed coronary disease. During six years of…

OBJECTIVES: The study was intended to evaluate the effects of oral contraceptives and smoking on the risks of arterial and venous thromboembolic diseases among young women. STUDY DESIGN: The study included a survey of data from published…

OBJECTIVE: Smoking and endothelial dysfunction are associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes. The effect of smoking on vascular endothelium during pregnancy has not been well studied. Our objectives were to determine if smoking has an impact on…

There are few publications on smoking biomarkers in pregnant woman, but nothing suggests that their contribution differs during pregnancy. Many publications have examined the predictive value of the biomarkers of smoking, but the comparative value…

OBJECTIVE: To summarize for clinicians recent epidemiologic evidence regarding medical risks of alcohol use for women. METHODS: MEDLINE and PsychINFO, 1990 through 1996, were searched using key words women or woman, and alcohol. MEDLINE was also…

Women who have undergone implantation of a breast prosthesis have been exposed to a variety of health risks, many of which were unknown to them at the time of surgery. Recognition of health hazards has prompted the Food and Drug Administration to…

Women who smoke are at significantly greater risk of developing a smoking related disease than men. They are also at risk of pregnancy related complications due to smoking and have more difficulty quitting. There are important gender differences in…

Biological risk of female-to-female HIV transmission is possible but thought to be unlikely. The risks to women who have sex with women may be higher than expected, however, because of other risky behaviors common to the group: unprotected sex with…

The present study assessed food cravings in a cohort of 229 women who differed in smoking history (i.e., never smoker, former smoker, and current smoker) and body weight (i.e., normal weight, overweight, and obese). Each subject completed the Food…

In this study, 99 Mexican American women colonia residents who are or had been of childbearing age were assessed for English language skills, alcohol use, beliefs about health risks related to drinking, and awareness of warning labels on alcohol…