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…cracking my fingers can give me arthritis?

HUMAN BODY It is often said that finger cracking could lead to arthritis. But there is absolutely no scientific evidence to support this.

In a study from 2011, American doctor Kevin D. deWeber compared X-rays of the hands of 215 elderly

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