| Diabetes Sufferers Twice As Likely To Require Arthritis Surgery - Tue, 16 Oct 2012 06:00:05 +0000 |
| Diabetics are more than twice as likely to suffer from sever arthritis requiring arthroplasty (surgical replacement of an arthritic joint), than non-diabetics according to the results of a recent study published in the journal Diabetes Care. The research, led by Dr. Georg Schett of the Department of Internal Medicine, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany, involved 927 [...], |
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| Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Linked To Increased Risk Of Childhood Cancer - Thu, 23 Feb 2012 11:08:47 +0000 |
| Children suffering from juvenile idiopathic arthritis are more than 4 times more likely to develop cancer according to a new study published online in the journal Arthritis & Rheumatism this month. The same study found that the increased cancer risk appear to be the result of the disease itself rather than the treatment, which normally [...], |
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| Vitamin B6 Deficiency May Exacerbate Arthritis Symptoms - Sat, 24 Sep 2011 08:56:59 +0000 |
| With no cure and a limited number of treatment options, many people living with arthritis turn to natural treatments to help ease their symptoms. One vitamin that has shown some promise as a potential arthritis treatment is vitamin B6 as some studies have linked deficient vitamin B6 levels with a higher degree of joint inflammation [...], |
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| Heavy Babies More Likely to Develop Rheumatoid Arthritis - Wed, 16 Jul 2008 07:24:00 +0000 |
| Heavy babies could be more than twice as likely to develop rheumatoid arthritis than babies of a normal weight according to an American study published this month in the journal Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. The study focused on 13,639 women from the Nurses Health Study who were followed between 1976 and 2002. During that [...], |
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| Breastfeeding Mothers Have Lower Risk Of Arthritis - Wed, 14 May 2008 23:41:00 +0000 |
| Mothers who breast-feed for more than a year are around 50% less likely to develop rheumatoid arthritis according to a new study published this month in the journal Annals of Rheumatic Diseases. The study, conducted by researchers at the Malmo University Hospital in Sweden, compared 136 individuals who had been diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis to [...], |
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| Polyphenols In Green Tea May Prevent & Reduce Severity Of Arthritis - Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:33:10 +0000 |
| Polyphenols found in green tea may both prevent arthritis and reduce the severity of symptoms according to a study published in the April 1999 edition of the Journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Researchers compared mice who were fed water containing 0.2% green tea polyphenols with mice who received pure water after the [...], |
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| Vitamin D May Help Prevent Rheumatoid Arthritis - Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:55:37 +0000 |
| Vitamin D, the so called “sunshine vitamin”, which is thought to play a role in coronary heart disease and cancer prevention, may also reduce an individuals risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis according to recent evidence. The largest study looking at the effect of vitamin D on rheumatoid arthritis was published in January 2004 in the [...], |
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| Heavy Smoking Increases The Risk Of Developing Rheumatoid Arthritis - Thu, 17 Apr 2008 03:39:48 +0000 |
| Studies have found that smoking, as well as being a strong risk factor for cardiovascular disease, lung cancer, and other respiratory problems, can also increase an individuals risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis. One of the largest studies on the impact of smoking on rheumatoid arthritis was a British case-control study published in the journal Annals [...], |
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| Rheumatoid Arthritis Raises The Risk Of Strokes & Heart Attacks - Thu, 10 Apr 2008 03:30:32 +0000 |
| Several studies have linked rheumatoid arthritis with an increased risk of developing cardiovascular diseases such as strokes and myocardial infarctions (heart attacks). One study, published in the journal Circulation in 2003, involved 114,342 women from the Nurses Health Study who were followed for 18 years. At the end of the study, 7,786 women (7%) reported [...], |
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| Moderate Alcohol Consumption May Prevent Rheumatoid Arthritis - Tue, 01 Apr 2008 02:37:20 +0000 |
| A study on mice, presented in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in 2007, has suggested that moderate alcohol consumption may actually protect against arthritis. Researchers at the Gothenburg University in Sweden injected mice with collagen to initiate collagen induced arthritis (CIA) in the mice. The mice were injected at the beginning [...], |
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