Conference report: EULAR virtual congress

This year’s annual European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology (EULAR) Congress was held virtually between the 2^nd and 5^th of June and bought together doctors, scientists, healthcare professionals, representatives of the pharmaceutical industry, and people with arthritis or rheumatism to present on a range of topics in the field of rheumatology.

By Lauren Nicolle On 9 Jun 2021 Last updated 18 Nov 2022

Passive smoking and air pollution – links to arthritis development and poor response to therapy On the first day of the EULAR congress, speakers presented two studies which link passive smoking and air pollution to the development of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Smoking and RA The first was a large population-based study of French women, which reports passive exposure to smoking during childhood or adulthood increases the risk of developing RA. Active smoking is known to increase your risk of developing RA, but little was known about whether passive smoking had an impact. Nguyen and colleagues set out to investigate the

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