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Knee Arthritis: Study Finds 1 in 2 People Will Develop It Unless They Do This

What might a channel-surfing couch potato have in common with marathon-running exercise fanatic? Both individuals are at risk for knee osteoarthritis, according to a new study presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).

Both rare and frequent exercise accelerated the degeneration of knee cartilage -- a trigger of knee osteoarthritis -- in middle-age adults, according to the study by researchers at the University of San Francisco (UCSF). Nearly one in every two people develop by the condition by age 85, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The study used questionnaires to follow the exercise habits of 205 patients…

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