A study In the Annals of Internal Medicine found that women who smoke cigarettes had ten times the risk for developing peripheral artery disease or PAD than women who never smoked. The study also found that while quitting helped, women who had quit smoking for as long as twenty years still were at greater risk for PAD than women who had never smoked.

Women who Smoke Cigarettes have a Greater Risk of PAD

The series of monthly broadcast reports features new research from Annals of Internal Medicine, clinical guidelines, healthcare public policy issues and a host of other topics.

Two studies published in Annals of Internal Medicine found drinking coffee lowers your risk for death.

Coffee Drinking and Mortality--Audio

Coffee Drinking and Mortality

Yoga is as effective as physical therapy for easing low back pain according to a study published in Annals of Internal Medicine. The study is unique in that participants were mostly economically disadvantaged and racially diverse.

Yoga, Physical Therapy or Education for Chronic Low Back Pain--Audio

Yoga, Physical Therapy or Education for Chronic Low Back Pain

A new study published in Annals of Internal Medicine says more than half of U.S. travelers who are eligible to receive a pre-travel measles vaccine are not getting it, which could result in outbreaks here in the U.S.

Women who Smoke Cigarettes have a Greater Risk of PAD

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