Smoking increases mortality from all causes and has a crucial role in atherosclerotic
cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). Active smoking and secondhand smoke exposure …

Cigarette smoking, active or passive, kills about 6 million people each year worldwide.
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is responsible for 40% of all smoking-related deaths, lung …

There is a widely recognized need to improve the performance of vascular implants and
external medical devices that come into contact with blood by reducing adverse reactions …

Objectives To estimate the incidence of, and investigate risk factors for, postpartum
haemorrhage (PPH) requiring transfer to obstetric care following birth in midwifery units …

The biomolecular corona that forms on nanomedicines in different physiological and
pathological environments confers a new biological identity. How the recipient biological …

Cigarette smoking is associated with a higher risk of ICU admissions among patients with
flu. However, the etiological mechanism by which cigarette smoke (CS) exacerbates flu …

Epidemiologic evidence supported an inverse association between HDL (high-density
lipoprotein) cholesterol (HDL-C) levels and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease …

Both stroke and smoking continue to be major public health crises in the United States, with
stroke being the third and fourth leading cause of death among women and men …

Objective Smoking has been implicated as the single most important risk factor for the
development of peripheral arterial disease. Whereas previous studies have found poor long …

Two parallel lines of investigation elucidating novel mechanisms by which iron (scanning
electron microscopy-based) and carbon monoxide (viscoelastic-based) enhance …