Great news for all you drinkers, alcohol now is an essential part of your daily healthy life.

I am gonna go chug a 40 now.

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, June 5 (UPI) — Alcohol cuts the risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis by up to 50 percent, but smoking increases risk, Swedish researchers said.

Researchers at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, assessed environmental and genetic risk factors for rheumatoid arthritis among 2,750 people taking part in two separate studies.

via upi

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This entry was posted by max on Friday, June 6th, 2008 at 5:22 am and is filed under Consumer, Cool, Educational, Funny, Medical.
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