55 Rampant Health Myths That Need to Die

Myth: Cracking your knuckles will give you arthritis

‘Recent research hasn’t been able to show a link between knuckle-cracking and arthritis. Most early studies on this topic rely on participants self-evaluating their knuckle-cracking habit over many years, and then correlating that with reports of arthritis.

Studies based on people’s memories are not very accurate, and the risk of arthritis naturally increases as we age.’ – Matthew Amsden, expert in research protocol and analysis

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