teddiebears
10-22-2006, 11:40 PM
QUIT DATE LIST
Sarah - Jan. 17, 2006
~Laura - ?? Jan. 13, 2006
Teresa - ?? Jan. 9, 2006
Janny – Dec. 10, 2005
Fiona – Dec. 1, 2005
Pamster - Oct. 17, 2005
Jingle - Oct. 10, 2005
Kristi Ski - Oct. 9, 2005
Accutech - Oct. 9, 2005
Tarzana - Sept. 11. 2005
Geo - Aug.1, 2005
comfortseeker - Aug. 1, 2005
steff - July 5, 2005
Glenn - June 13, 2005
Astroglide - April 1, 2005
Jennifer - Jan. 19, 2005
Jo (2) - Jan. 10, 2005
befuddled2 - Dec. 23, 2004
Buzz - Nov. 19, 2004
Amy - Oct. 17, 2004
Minx - July 18, 2004
Candida - July 15, 2004
Alicia - June 18, 2004??
quietmouth - June 18, 2004
Tattoo - May 13, 2004
Kevin – May 10, 2004
Cindi - May 6, 2004
Kathy (gakat) - April 4, 2004
marijo – March 29, 2004
Kim - March 27, 2004
Zack - March 6, 2004
Christine - Feb. 3, 2004
HappyPolarBear - Jan. 28, 2004
Tina Marie - Jan. 1, 2004
Edith – Dec. 12, 2003
carlacat – Nov. 1, 2003
Shari – Sept. 12, 2003
Pam - April 1, 2003
nanastbird – Jan. 22, 2003
Marie - Nov. 4, 2002
Jo - Oct. 29, 2002
Andrea - July 13, 2002
Lorraine - April 8, 2002
batsinwonderland - Dec. 29, 1998
teddiebears – Dec. 28,1995
This forum sure has been quiet... Where is everyone?? :confused:
Here's another interesting article -
Smokers have higher risk for rheumatoid arthritis
June 22 (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. Karen 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.
Publish Date: June 22, 2006
Sarah - Jan. 17, 2006
~Laura - ?? Jan. 13, 2006
Teresa - ?? Jan. 9, 2006
Janny – Dec. 10, 2005
Fiona – Dec. 1, 2005
Pamster - Oct. 17, 2005
Jingle - Oct. 10, 2005
Kristi Ski - Oct. 9, 2005
Accutech - Oct. 9, 2005
Tarzana - Sept. 11. 2005
Geo - Aug.1, 2005
comfortseeker - Aug. 1, 2005
steff - July 5, 2005
Glenn - June 13, 2005
Astroglide - April 1, 2005
Jennifer - Jan. 19, 2005
Jo (2) - Jan. 10, 2005
befuddled2 - Dec. 23, 2004
Buzz - Nov. 19, 2004
Amy - Oct. 17, 2004
Minx - July 18, 2004
Candida - July 15, 2004
Alicia - June 18, 2004??
quietmouth - June 18, 2004
Tattoo - May 13, 2004
Kevin – May 10, 2004
Cindi - May 6, 2004
Kathy (gakat) - April 4, 2004
marijo – March 29, 2004
Kim - March 27, 2004
Zack - March 6, 2004
Christine - Feb. 3, 2004
HappyPolarBear - Jan. 28, 2004
Tina Marie - Jan. 1, 2004
Edith – Dec. 12, 2003
carlacat – Nov. 1, 2003
Shari – Sept. 12, 2003
Pam - April 1, 2003
nanastbird – Jan. 22, 2003
Marie - Nov. 4, 2002
Jo - Oct. 29, 2002
Andrea - July 13, 2002
Lorraine - April 8, 2002
batsinwonderland - Dec. 29, 1998
teddiebears – Dec. 28,1995
This forum sure has been quiet... Where is everyone?? :confused:
Here's another interesting article -
Smokers have higher risk for rheumatoid arthritis
June 22 (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. Karen 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.
Publish Date: June 22, 2006