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Health Encyclopedia: Health Risks Of Smoking

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Effects on the Lungs

According to the American Lung Association, smoking is directly responsible for about 90 percent of the deaths due to lung cancer. Smoking is also responsible for the majority of deaths due to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which includes emphysema and chronic bronchitis.

A study in the July 2006 American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine showed that smokers with asthma who give up smoking can improve their lung function in as little ...

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Expert & Community Posts

Can I Have Rheumatoid Arthritis and Fibromyalgia?

By Lisa Emrich , Health Expert

...increasing interest in the field of comorbidity and rheumatic diseases, it becomes even more... Read more »

Studies Help the Rheumatologist Help the Patient

By Mark Borigini, M.D. , Health Expert

Rheumatoid arthritis affects about one percent of the population, but it does affect women to a... Read more »

Deformity, Depression and Disability—The Chain of Events that Must be Broken

By Mark Borigini, M.D. , Health Expert

...rheumatoid arthritis. Appearance concerns are related to rheumatic disease, as up to 53% of... Read more »

Ask the Expert: Preventing RA Symptoms with Birth Control Pills?

By Mark Borigini, M.D. , Health Expert

Dear Dr. Borigini, I'm newly diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis. After doing only preliminary... Read more »

Hydroxychloroquine May Reduce Risk of Type 2 Diabetes

By Christine Miller , Health Expert

...treatment for rheumatoid arthritis, lupus and other rheumatic diseases. In type-2 diabetes,... Read more »

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Stop Smoking Highlights

...genetic risk factor for rheumatoid arthritis (HLA-DRB1 SE). The findings were published in Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.All forms of tobacco raise your risk of a heart attack, according to... Read more »

Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease: References

ReferencesChronic Obstructive Airway Disorders. In: Beers MH and Berkow R. (eds). The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy, 17th ed. (online). Available at:... Read more »

Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease: Risk Factors

As of 2003, 10.7 million adults were diagnosed with chronic obstructive lung disease, 2.1 million of them people with emphysema. Because emphysema and chronic bronchitis so often occur... Read more »

Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease: Introduction

Chronic obstructive lung disease (COLD), also known as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), is characterized by a limitation of the airflow in the lung, which develops over time... Read more »

Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease: Resources

www.lungusa.org -- American Lung Associationwww.nhlbi.nih.gov -- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institutewww.aarc.org -- American Association for Respiratory Carewww.njc.org -- National... Read more »

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