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NICOTINE MAY SLOW PROGRESSION OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
In people with rheumatoid arthritis, heavy cigarette smoking
appears to slow the rate of joint destruction, new research
suggests.
"Potentially, this may be due to the anti-inflammatory
properties of nicotine," Dr. Axel Finckh, University Hospital of
Geneva, Switzerland told Reuters Health.
Cigarette smoking is a known risk factor for rheumatoid
arthritis, a chronic inflammatory disease that causes
progressive joint destruction, disability, and premature death,
Finckh and colleagues reported in the Annals of the Rheumatic
Diseases.
Yet, it remains unclear if smoking influences the progressive
joint destruction and disability cause by rheumatoid arthritis.
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