Smoking Boosts Genetic Risk for Rheumatoid Arthritis - MedPage Today

Smoking Boosts Genetic Risk for Rheumatoid Arthritis MedPage Today, NJ The analysis included 1319 rheumatoid arthritis patients and 943 age- and sex-matched controls randomly selected from the Swedish national population registry. Among them, 972 patients and 488 controls tested positive for the shared epitope of interest ...

Topic of the week: arthritis - Melbourne Herald Sun

Topic of the week: arthritis Melbourne Herald Sun, Australia By Dr Cindy Pan THERE are two main types of arthritis: osteoarthritis, which is the most common and affects almost everyone with advancing age, and rheumatoid arthritis, which is less common but tends to be more debilitating. ...

Arthritis never held her back - Winnipeg Free Press

Arthritis never held her back Winnipeg Free Press, Canada Jennifer Walton hasn't let the juvenile rheumatoid arthritis diagnosed when she was a toddler stop her from playing piano and accordion professionally or running marathons. Some of the thanks for those accomplishments goes to Rosa Appel, ...

Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients With Hand Deformity Benefit from Surgery - About - News & Issues

Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients With Hand Deformity Benefit from Surgery About - News & Issues, NY In the mid-1970s, I was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis and had a hip double-cup arthroplasty at age 25. My fingers were starting to become bent, some had even contracted. My hip surgeon, pleased with the outcome of my hip surgery, referred me to a ...