Smoking Linked To Severity Of Osteoarthritis In Men

... Men who smoke and have osteoarthritis in the knees tend to lose more cartilage and suffer more severe knee pain than non-smoking men. This was the conclusion of a study headed by Dr Shreyasee Amin of the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine in the US.The results of the study were published this month in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. [click link for full article] ...