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Article: Is your ring finger longer than your index finger?(good health: SMART WAYS TO STAY WELL, EAT RIGHT, GET FIT)(measurement of ring and index finger associated with arthritis )(Brief article)
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- Good Housekeeping
- Article date:
- August 1, 2008
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IS YOUR RING FINGER LONGER THAN YOUR INDEX FINGER? If so, you're up to three times more likely to develop arthritis of the knee than women whose ring fingers are the same length as or shorter than their pointers. The British scientists who discovered the link ...
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Article: Long ring finger length linked to increased risk of ...
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February 1, 2008 ;
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... ... suggested that those whose index finger is shorter than their ring finger may be up to twice ... established that index to ring finger length ratios (known ... ratio--that is, ring finger relatively longer than the index finger--are more likely ...
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