Women are around 50% more likely than men to develop COPD, the umbrella term for chronic lung conditions, such as emphysema ...

The risk for COPD was heightened among women vs. men who ever smoked, and this was also true among women vs. men who never ...

Women are about 50% more likely than men to develop COPD even though they are less likely to smoke, researchers reported ...

While smoking and use of tobacco do aggravate oral cancer, experts believe they are not the only cause. Also known as mouth ...

One surprising finding was that many women with COPD had never smoked cigarettes—26.5% of women with COPD had never smoked, ...

“In fact, women had a nearly identical increase in risk of COPD for every 10 pack-years of cigarette use when compared with ...

Women are about 50% more likely than men to develop COPD even though they are less likely to smoke, researchers reported May 8 in the journal BMJ Open Respiratory Research. Smoking tobacco is the ...

FRIDAY, May 9, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- Smoking can't explain why women are more at risk for COPD, a new study says. Women are about 50% more likely than men to develop COPD even though they are ...

Women are about 50% more likely than men to develop COPD even though they are less likely to smoke, researchers reported Thursday in the journal BMJ Open Respiratory Research. Smoking tobacco is ...