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A new study indicates that women who frequently used insecticides in their homes over a period of years may have increased their risk for autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and systemic lupus erythematosus. According to the research, women who sprayed insecticides at least six times a year had double the risk [...] A new study conducted at McGill University in Montreal has found that women who use birth control pill, and in particular, those who take higher doses, have an increased risk of developing lupus. Lupus is an autoimmune disease that affects connective tissues. Lupus most often harms the skin, heart, joints, lungs, liver, kidneys, blood [...] The Arthritis Foundation recently came out with its list of the top 10 arthritis events for the year 2007. This series will focus on those events. #3: Projections of Increases in Doctor-Diagnosed Arthritis and Arthritis-Attributable Activity Limitation It is estimated that 46 million adults in the U.S are afflicted with rheumatoid arthritis or [...] The Arthritis Foundation recently came out with its list of the top 10 arthritis events for the year 2007. This series will focus on those events. #4: Identification of RA Susceptibility Genes STAT4 and TRAF1-C5 Genetic researchers have been able to perform evaluations of variations in DNA. One of the areas of research that [...] |
  
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