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		<title>Detecting Rheumatoid Arthritis</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[BACKGROUND: Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic inflammatory disorder that typically affects the small joints in your hands and feet. It can also affect other organs. Unlike the wear-and-tear damage of osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis affects the lining of your joints, causing a painful swelling that can eventually result in bone erosion and joint deformity. It generally occurs between the ...]]></description>
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		<title>Knee Arthritis May Speed Up Process Linked to Cell Aging</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[TUESDAY, Jan. 17 (HealthDay News) -- A process linked to natural cell aging has now also been associated with knee osteoarthritis, researchers say.]]></description>
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		<title>Herbal Medicines for Arthritis Not Backed by Evidence</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[WEDNESDAY, Jan. 11 (HealthDay News) -- There is little evidence to support the widespread use of herbal medicines to relieve the symptoms of osteoarthritis, according to a review of these products.]]></description>
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		<title>Dr. K: Moist heat works wonders on arthritis pain</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 05:06:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Q I have a lot of discomfort from osteoarthritis. A friend suggested heat therapy. What is heat therapy, and does it work?]]></description>
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		<title>Arthritis risk for elite athletes</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Elite male athletes who participate in high-contact sports such as football, soccer and rugby have a higher risk of developing knee and hip osteoarthritis than men who exercise little or not at all, a Swedish study found.]]></description>
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		<title>Elite athletes at greater risk for arthritis: study</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 01:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Reuters) - Elite male athletes who participate in high-contact sports such as football, soccer and rugby have a higher risk of developing knee and hip osteoarthritis than men who exercise little or not at all, a Swedish study found. There was a doubled risk in soccer and handball players, and a tripled risk in ice hockey players, added the researchers, whose study was published in the American ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[(Reuters) - Elite male athletes who participate in high-contact sports such as football, soccer and rugby have a higher risk of developing knee and hip osteoarthritis than men who exercise little or not at all, a Swedish study found. There was a doubled risk in soccer and handball players, and a tripled risk in ice hockey players, added the researchers, whose study was published in the American ...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Ease arthritis pain with healthy habits</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 05:05:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do the stiff and painful joints of arthritis restrict your activities? If so, you join the ranks of 27 million Americans who live with the degenerative disease known as osteoarthritis.]]></description>
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		<title>Arthritis forum helps people deal with pain</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Moe Skoropad knows what it’s like to live with pain. He suffers from rheumatoid and osteoarthritis. He was diagnosed with the disease in 2009, but said he suffered from symptoms since the early 1990s.]]></description>
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		<title>Arthritis of The Knee Affecting Younger People, Research Finds</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 18:35:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Arthritis of the knee is affecting Americans at younger ages, new research has found, but shedding excess weight may reduce people’s risk. The preliminary studies were to be presented Saturday at the American College of Rheumatology annual meeting, in Chicago. Almost 6.5 million Americans between the ages of 35 and 84 will receive a diagnosis of knee osteoarthritis in the next decade, according ...]]></description>
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		<title>Rheumatoid arthritis patients have low expectations after knee replacement surgery</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Compared with osteoarthritis patients, individuals with rheumatoid arthritis who undergo total knee replacement surgery have lower expectations about their post-surgical outcomes, according to a new study. These reduced expectations, which may be unnecessary, could cause some patients to slack on their post-surgical rehabilitation leading to worse outcomes, say doctors.]]></description>
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