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Increased alcohol intake associated with decreased risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis

New data presented today at EULAR 2007 suggest that alcohol may protect against rheumatoid arthritis, with three units a week exhibiting protective effects and ten units a week being more protective still. An alcohol consumption of three units per week or more also reduced the risk by smoking or by a genetic predisposition to RA.

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