Pages tagged: smoking

During these unprecedented times, it is our job to ensure our community has the most up-to-date, accurate information.  You may...

Often, the cause of Raynaud’s phenomenon is not known. Sometimes, it is a side effect of other conditions, such as...

Smoking causes the blood vessels to tighten in everyone who smokes. But in people with Buerger’s disease, there is so...

Dear Sunny: Forgive the delay in this reply. We usually do better. The short answer to your question is: We...

This month I have asked my colleague, interventional cardiologist Zvonimir Krajcer, MD, to write about abdominal aortic aneurysms, a lethal...

Yes. Most risk factors that affect children can be controlled early in life, lowering the risk of heart disease later...

Cardiovascular disease can take many forms: high blood pressure, coronary artery disease, valvular heart disease, stroke, or arrhythmias (irregular heartbeat)....

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the effects of cigarette smoking account for about 480,000 deaths each...

Smoking damages every tissue and organ in your body. You know it, we know it, and even children know it....

Citywide awareness campaign to discourage smoking Houston, TX, September 21, 2015 — In an effort to reduce smoking rates in the...

It’s hard to believe, but Texas Heart Institute’s Center for Women’s Heart & Vascular Health celebrated its third birthday this...

Earlier this year, a study was published in The Lancet about heart disease in women who smoke. It found, relative...