Saturday, den 22. November 2008

A study on mice, presented in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 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 of the experiment [...]

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Thursday, den 20. November 2008

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 mice [...]

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Thursday, den 13. November 2008

Vitamin D, 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 of the benefits of vitamin D on rheumatoid arthritis was published in January 2004 in the journal Arthritis and Rheumatism. Researchers in that [...]

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