smoking Archives - Borimir Darakchiev MD https://borimirdarakchievmd.com/tag/smoking/ Board-Certified Neurosurgeon Fri, 27 Oct 2023 08:33:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 Degenerative Disc Disease (DDD) https://borimirdarakchievmd.com/degenerative-disc-disease-ddd/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=degenerative-disc-disease-ddd Fri, 20 Oct 2023 13:39:41 +0000 https://borimirdarakchievmd.com/?p=2461 As a neurosurgeon, I see the effects of smoking on spine discs every day. Smoking is one of the leading risk factors for degenerative disc disease (DDD), a condition in which the discs in the spine break down over time. People who smoke are more likely to develop DDD at a younger age and [...]

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