Saturday, March 16, 2013

Study finds no link between pollution and rheumatoid arthritis

REUTERS - Some research has suggested a connection between exposure to air pollution and the risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis, but a large study of U.S. nurses has found no link.
Nearly one percent of U.S. adults have rheumatoid arthritis, an incurable joint-eroding disease that deforms patients' bodies, triples their risk of heart attack and raises their chances for certain cancers.

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