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Showing posts with label skin inflammation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label skin inflammation. Show all posts

Monday, November 2, 2009

Smokers with common autoimmune disorder at higher risk for skin damage

As if there weren't enough reasons to stop smoking, a team of researchers at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) have just found another. A study led by Dr. Christian A Pineau, Co-Director of the Lupus and Vasculitis clinic at the MUHC, has clearly linked skin damage and rashes to smoking in people with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Click here.