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  2. Common Causes of Arthritis for Women (& How to Treat It) - AOL

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    Take steps to lose weight or maintain a healthy weight. Quit smoking. Use proper form and appropriate equipment when engaging in certain types of activities, such as sports or lifting heavy loads.

  3. Losing Weight After 40: 4 Simple Steps to Get Started - AOL

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    The Basics of Losing Weight After 40. Losing weight can be challenging at the best of times. But after the big 4-0, a few more challenges pop up, making weight gain common and weight loss harder.

  4. Rheumatoid arthritis - Wikipedia

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    While the cause of rheumatoid arthritis is not clear, it is believed to involve a combination of genetic and environmental factors. [1] The underlying mechanism involves the body's immune system attacking the joints. [1] This results in inflammation and thickening of the joint capsule. [1] It also affects the underlying bone and cartilage. [1]

  5. 12 reasons you aren't losing weight even though you're eating ...

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    For women, a drop in estrogen can cause weight gain, particularly in the abdomen (aka menopause belly). For men, low testosterone is linked to an increase in fat mass. Men with obesity are more ...

  6. Arthritis - Wikipedia

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    Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a disorder in which the body's own immune system starts to attack body tissues. [72] The attack is not only directed at the joint but to many other parts of the body. In rheumatoid arthritis, most damage occurs to the joint lining and cartilage which eventually results in erosion of two opposing bones.

  7. Rheumatoid factor - Wikipedia

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    High levels of rheumatoid factor (in general, above 20 IU/mL, 1:40, or over the 95th percentile; there is some variation among labs) occur in rheumatoid arthritis (present in 80%) and Sjögren's syndrome (present in 50-70% of primary forms of disease). [11] The higher the level of RF the greater the probability of destructive articular disease.

  8. US obesity rates drop for 1st time in a decade, with possible ...

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    Brownstein and his team noted that women and adults aged 66 to 75 saw the largest decreases in obesity. People living in the South, where they had the highest dispensing rate of weight loss drugs ...

  9. Management of obesity - Wikipedia

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    Bariatric surgery ("weight loss surgery") is the use of surgical intervention in the treatment of obesity. As every operation may have complications, surgery is only recommended for severely obese people (BMI > 40) who have failed to lose weight following dietary modification and pharmacological treatment.