Smoking increases woman's risk for peripheral artery disease 10-fold

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Smoking increases woman's risk for peripheral artery disease 10-fold

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A prospective study of initially healthy women aged 45 and over found that smoking is a potent risk factor for symptomatic peripheral artery disease, or PAD. PAD is a serious, often debilitating disorder, caused by narrowing of the arteries in the lower extremities. Symptoms of PAD include pain in the legs with normal activity and a feeling of tiredness in the leg muscles.

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