A proposal to prohibit the sale of tobacco products in campuses and drugstores have high chances of being approved in Boston.

If the legislation is signed into law Thursday, the capital city of Massachusetts would have one of the toughest tobacco control rules in the U.S. San Francisco, though, is one step ahead as it will implement later this month then ban on sale of tobacco products in pharmacies

People with non-melanoma skin cancer are at a higher risk of developing other types of cancers in the body over one's lifetime, according to a study published Tuesday.

The researchers, led by University of South Carolina physician Anthony Alberg, followed 19,174 people listed in a Washington County, Maryland, cancer registry. They compared the histories over 16 years of 769 people diagnosed with non-melanoma skin cancers, with more than 18,000 people who did not have cancer in the period

Children who are exposed to pet dogs, cats or other furry friends at home can develop problem snoring when they grow up, a new study has revealed. Heavy snoring has been linked to early death, heart disease and stroke, not to mention the obvious problems of sleep deprivation for the snorer and their partner.

Karl Franklin, the study's lead author and a physician at University Hospital here, analyzed sleep habits and other childhood hospitalizations of men and women aged 25 to 54 -- all residents of Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Denmark, and Estonia -- and got responses from 15,556

Women who suffered from preeclampsia, which produces high blood pressure during pregnancy, are at a greater risk of developing end-stage renal disease (ESRD), new studies have found.

Preeclampsia is a complication of pregnancy characterized by high blood pressure, protein in the urine, and swelling, as well as more serious problems, according to the National Institutes of Health

Young women who smoke are twice as likely to have a stroke as their non-smoking counterparts, according to a new study. And the number of cigarettes a woman smokes is directly proportional to the risk.

Researchers from the University of Maryland School of Medicine interviewed 466 women who had had a stroke between the ages of 15 and 49, and were either smokers, non-smokers or former smokers. A comparison group consisted of 604 women of similar age, race, and ethnicity who had not had a stroke