MRI findings indicate that smoking is linked to reduced brain volume, raising concerns about dementia risk, especially with ...

The findings, published in Biological Psychiatry: Global Open Science, were a result of comparing 32,094 smokers' smoking history, brain imaging, genetic predisposition and other health data points.

They compared brain scans of smokers and non-smokers in the same age group. "What we know is that the individuals who are smoking have older-looking brains than, um, people who have never smoked ...

However, while there can be few today who are unaware of the toll smoking takes on the body, the effects of long-term tobacco smoking on other areas such as learning and memory are less well known.

Brain bleeds account for three percent of all strokes, according to the American Heart Association. The good news, the study cited, is that the risk is significantly reduced in former smokers who ...

Smoking is said by some to be the hardest addiction to break, and certain people might benefit from brain stimulation to quit, French researchers suggest. Smokers who received noninvasive brain ...

Smokers with a damaged insula – a region in the brain linked to emotion and feelings – quit smoking easily and immediately, according to a study in the Jan. 26 issue of the journal Science.

Nicotine builds up gradually in smokers' brains rather than spiking after each puff, according to a study that might help point to new ways to help people quit smoking. Dr. Jed E. Rose of Duke ...

They found that smokers’ brains demonstrated different connectivity than nonsmokers’ when presented with imagery related to appetite, stress and relaxation. These findings show that smoking is ...

Smoking appears to interfere with the brain’s ability to recover from the effects of chronic alcohol abuse, according to a study conducted by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center. After ...