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Title: Study finds no link between pollution and rheumatoid arthritis
Post by: riky on March 16, 2013, 08:00:20 AM
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. ...

Source: Study finds no link between pollution and rheumatoid arthritis (http://news.yahoo.com/study-finds-no-between-pollution-rheumatoid-arthritis-025223186.html)