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Internet Podcast

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English

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Welcome to the focus on a healthier you podcast for our team of world renowned medical professionals offer insight and knowledge about health issues that affect you. Today will discuss the disease that affects about two million Americans. Rheumatoid arthritis. About two million Americans have rheumatoid arthritis, a progressive disease characterized by inflammation of the lining of the joints. The joint damage that occurs over time can lead to chronic pain and disability. People with rheumatoid arthritis a roughly twice as likely as those without the disease to develop lymphoma, which is a broad term for a variety of cancers of the lymphatic system. Researcher Eva Backlands, M D. Ph. D, and colleagues drew from a Swedish national registry that included nearly 75,000 are a patient's to conduct a study.

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Medical