People with arthritis overshadowed 8 types of cancer

Disease Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease that occurs due to the body is attacked by its own immune system that cause inflammation in the joints.

RA disease was found to be associated with 8 types of cancer although the risk is low. Researchers say the increased risk need to know in order to try to minimize such risk factors. "The risk of all of these is very, very low" said Stanley Cohen, MD, clinical professor of internal medicine at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School and co-director of the division of rheumatology at Presbyterian Hospital, in Dallas.

Cancers that haunt people with RA with low risk include:

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Is Dangerous Drinking Water from Plastic Pipe?

The chemicals contained in plastic has been known to cause some risk of a dangerous disease. In fact, plastic pipe commonly used in water distribution systems in homes. Pipes for drinking water are made ​​of plastic called a cross-linked polyethylene (PEX). Previous international studies have shown that plastic pipe can release substances that cause taste and odor are not desirable in drinking water.

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The combination of therapy which promises to fight cancer

A variety of cancer therapies have been developed to find the most effective therapy for cancer patients. A new study suggests the drug can be attached to cancer cells. Then the drug is activated by exposure to certain light waves. The results of these studies have been published in Nature Medicine.

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Huntington, psychiatric and movement disorders due to heredity

Huntington is a hereditary disease that causes damage to nerve cells in the brain progressively (degeneration). Huntington's disease have a profound effect on a person's functional abilities and usually result in movement disorders, thinking (cognitive) and psychiatric disorders. Most people with Huntington's disease will arise the signs and symptoms in their 40s or 50-something years, but the occurrence of disease may be much earlier or even later in life.

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Eating overcook meat the risk of cancer

Part on overcooked meat long been known to trigger cancer. But recent research shows, cancer risk was 2 times greater than originally expected. According to research by experts from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health, the meat is overcooked or burnt tend to contain compounds that are carcinogens or mutagens trigger cancer.

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Increased risk of cancer becomes 'side effects' for organ transplant

Millions of lives could be saved thanks to organ transplant technology. Even so, the success of organ transplantation is often accompanied by undesirable side effects that increase cancer risk by 2-fold. A recent study at the National Cancer Institute showed an increased risk of cancer can be 2-fold in transplant kidneys, liver, and lungs.

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