New research presented June 13 at EULAR 2008, the Annual Congress of the European League Against Rheumatism in Paris, France, from the Institute of Environmental Medicine, Stockholm, Sweden suggests that dietary factors such as the intake of oily fish can reduce the risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis whereas work stress and smoking will increase the risk.

• Dr. Annmarie Wesley, MD, researcher in cardiovascular epidemiology at the Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, EIRA (Epidemiological Investigation of Rheumatoid Arthritis) investigator and lead author of the oily fish intake study