Re: RESEARCH - Smoking ups risk for RA

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TY FOR THE INFO AS ALWAYS! SORRY MY CAPS BUTTON IS STUCK, RACHEL SPILLED TEA

IN THE KEYBOARD....GRRR. I DIDNT KNOW I WAS RH POSITIVE TIL I WAS PREGNANT

WITH MY SON...BUT HAVE HAD RA LONG BEFORE I STARTED SMOKING. LOOKINGBACK I

MAY HAVE HAD IT IN MY EARLY TEENS. UGH. OK ENOUGH OF ME RAMBLING. LOL HUGS

JULIE

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, This is very interesting, I quit smoking in 1997 and developed RA in

1998. Sounds like there is some truth to these findings. Hugs

<Matsumura_Clan@...> wrote: Smoking ups risk for

rheumatoid arthritis

Last Updated: 2006-06-21 15:56:54 -0400 (Reuters Health)

By Charnicia Huggins

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Both current and former smokers are at increased

risk for developing rheumatoid arthritis, the findings of a new study

show -- at least for women.

" Rheumatoid arthritis, which is a severe and debilitating disease for many,

is yet another disease directly related to cigarette smoking, " study

co-author Dr. Costenbader, of Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston,

Massachusetts, told Reuters Health.

" Putting smoking as far behind you as possible is a very effective way of

reducing your risk of this and many other diseases, " she added.

To further investigate the potential link between cigarette smoking and

rheumatoid arthritis, Costenbader and her colleagues analyzed data collected

from nearly 104,000 women involved in the Nurses' Health Study. This

long-term follow-up study began in 1976 with female nurses aged 30 to 55

years.

A total of 680 women were diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis from 1976 to

2002, at an average age of 56 years, and approximately 60 percent of them

were positive for rheumatoid factor, an auto-antibody that is often found in

the blood years before the onset of the disease.

Current and former smokers were each more than 40 percent more likely to be

diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis than were never smokers, Costenbader and

her colleagues report in the American Journal of Medicine.

" Cigarette smoking is directly linked to the development of rheumatoid

arthritis, " Costenbader told Reuters Health.

The number of cigarettes smoked and the length of time the women smoked were

also associated with an increased risk of rheumatoid arthritis, such that

women who smoked more than 15 cigarettes per day and those who smoked more

than 20 years were each at an increased risk.

What's more, even after quitting, the increased risk of developing

rheumatoid arthritis was evident for up to 20 years, the researchers note.

The risk associated with smoking was particularly strong in women who were

positive for rheumatoid factor, the report indicates.

The researchers write, " one quarter of the 680 new cases of RA diagnosed

after the age of 35 years in this cohort could have been prevented if none

of these women had ever smoked. "

Passive cigarette smoking, however -- among those who lived with a parent

smoker while growing up or who were regularly exposed to cigarette smoke in

the workplace -- was not associated with an increased risk of rheumatoid

arthritis.

" Our findings add to the long list of known health hazards posed by

cigarette smoking and to the reasons that young women should be dissuaded

from starting and encouraged to quit smoking cigarettes, " they conclude.

SOURCE: American Journal of Medicine, June 2006

http://www.reutershealth.com/archive/2006/06/21/eline/links/20060621elin028.html

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In a message dated 6/22/2006 8:35:37 PM Central Standard Time,

betnden@... writes:

I quit in 1988 and the RA showed up in 1990. Maybe we shouldn't have quit,

huh? So, will it go away if I start smoking again?

Dennis

no dennis it wont go away unfortunately. HUGS

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I quit in 1988 and the RA showed up in 1990. Maybe we shouldn't have quit,

huh? So, will it go away if I start smoking again?

Dennis

Re: [ ] RESEARCH - Smoking ups risk for RA

, This is very interesting, I quit smoking in 1997 and developed RA in

1998. Sounds like there is some truth to these findings. Hugs

<Matsumura_Clan@...> wrote: Smoking ups risk for

rheumatoid arthritis

Last Updated: 2006-06-21 15:56:54 -0400 (Reuters Health)

By Charnicia Huggins

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Both current and former smokers are at increased

risk for developing rheumatoid arthritis, the findings of a new study

show -- at least for women.

" Rheumatoid arthritis, which is a severe and debilitating disease for many,

is yet another disease directly related to cigarette smoking, " study

co-author Dr. Costenbader, of Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston,

Massachusetts, told Reuters Health.

" Putting smoking as far behind you as possible is a very effective way of

reducing your risk of this and many other diseases, " she added.

[Guest guest]

As a former smoker, I also fit the profile. My aunt, who also had RA,

was a former smoker. Sue

On Thursday, June 22, 2006, at 04:04 PM, linda yeakel wrote:

> , This is very interesting, I quit smoking in 1997 and developed

> RA in 1998. Sounds like there is some truth to these findings. Hugs

>

>

[Guest guest]

It's beginning to look mighty suspicious, Dennis, LOL. I quit smoking

in 1994, and my RA showed up in 2000. Also, I started exercising and

lost weight a few years before I got RA. So now I have the answer: RA

is caused by smoking cessation, exercising, and losing weight. Call the

New York Times and CNN, and we'll give them the exclusive. Hehehehe.

Sue

On Thursday, June 22, 2006, at 06:10 PM, betnden@... wrote:

> I quit in 1988 and the RA showed up in 1990. Maybe we shouldn't have

> quit,

> huh? So, will it go away if I start smoking again?

>

> Dennis

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So we need to write up questionaires covering our diet, exercise, farm life,

smoking, and any other effect that may happen. Then we can write a paper and

get it published on the net. We'll have hospitals, doctors, pharmaceuticals

beating a path to our doors with offers. Maybe then we can afford meds and a

little insurance. What do you think?

Dennis

Re: [ ] RESEARCH - Smoking ups risk for RA

> It's beginning to look mighty suspicious, Dennis, LOL. I quit smoking

> in 1994, and my RA showed up in 2000. Also, I started exercising and

> lost weight a few years before I got RA. So now I have the answer: RA

> is caused by smoking cessation, exercising, and losing weight. Call the

> New York Times and CNN, and we'll give them the exclusive. Hehehehe.

>

> Sue

>

> On Thursday, June 22, 2006, at 06:10 PM, betnden@... wrote:

>

>> I quit in 1988 and the RA showed up in 1990. Maybe we shouldn't have

>> quit,

>> huh? So, will it go away if I start smoking again?

>>

>> Dennis

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HaHaDennis

If tis were true, I would start smoking!

betnden@... wrote:

I quit in 1988 and the RA showed up in 1990. Maybe we shouldn't have

quit,

huh? So, will it go away if I start smoking again?

Dennis

Re: [ ] RESEARCH - Smoking ups risk for RA

, This is very interesting, I quit smoking in 1997 and developed RA in

1998. Sounds like there is some truth to these findings. Hugs

<Matsumura_Clan@...> wrote: Smoking ups risk for

rheumatoid arthritis

Last Updated: 2006-06-21 15:56:54 -0400 (Reuters Health)

By Charnicia Huggins

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Both current and former smokers are at increased

risk for developing rheumatoid arthritis, the findings of a new study

show -- at least for women.

" Rheumatoid arthritis, which is a severe and debilitating disease for many,

is yet another disease directly related to cigarette smoking, " study

co-author Dr. Costenbader, of Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston,

Massachusetts, told Reuters Health.

" Putting smoking as far behind you as possible is a very effective way of

reducing your risk of this and many other diseases, " she added.

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[Guest guest]

> Dennis this sounds like a good plan.  I think we should sue the cigarette

> companies for causing damage to our well being.  They did not inform us that

> quitting could be hazardous to our health and that we could develop RA if we

> do quit.  I am going to sue for millions and milliions, perhaps billions. 

> Want in on the law suit?>>>>

>

Or that you might eat more or drive your car faster?

Yup, it is their fault!

Pris, who is suing her parents for making her stupid....

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I think the idea has possibilities, Dennis, LOL. We'll soon be rolling

in dough.

Sue

On Friday, June 23, 2006, at 01:44 PM, betnden@... wrote:

> So we need to write up questionaires covering our diet, exercise, farm

> life,

> smoking, and any other effect that may happen. Then we can write a

> paper and

> get it published on the net. We'll have hospitals, doctors,

> pharmaceuticals

> beating a path to our doors with offers. Maybe then we can afford meds

> and a

> little insurance. What do you think?

>