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Arthritis
About Arthritis
Over 100 types of arthritis. Osteoarthritis is most common, affecting 500 million globally. Rheumatoid arthritis is autoimmune. Joint replacement surgery since the 1960s has transformed outcomes. First described in dinosaur fossils 150 million years old.
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