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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 13 Jan 2017

    A myth that won’t die: Why patients blame the weather for their aching joints https://www.statnews.com/2017/01/13/aching-joints-weather/ … via @statnews @EricBoodman

    8:55 AM - 13 Jan 2017
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      1. F.L.Stefanato #FBPE ❄️ 🔬PhD‏ @stefafra 13 Jan 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @DJGrothe and

        however the article contradict itself explainin how change in pressure could influence knee pain

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      1. Spider Joe‏ @JosephTLapp 13 Jan 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @statnews @EricBoodman

        A change in temperature certainly can: muscles relax when warm and tense when cold.

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      1. Gabriel Finkelstein‏ @gabridli 13 Jan 2017
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        I don't blame the weather. I blame the evil German surgeons who cut the cartilage out of my knee.

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      1. The Virginian‏ @VirginianMinds 13 Jan 2017
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        Because the environment has no affect on the body?

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      1. Samm‏ @SamMill2 16 Jan 2017
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        Patients? Doctors are still pushing it!

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      1. Der Geist‏ @SaneGeist 15 Jan 2017
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        my grandmother didn't mythologize her arthritic pain, she just felt it with certain changes in weather.

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      1. Jamie Crawford‏ @Cut_Thumb 13 Jan 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @statnews @EricBoodman

        My consultant said my smashed elbow would play up in bad weather forever more, the charlatan quack...

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      1. JimmyRobotics‏ @ajrowebot 13 Jan 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @statnews @EricBoodman

        If being uncomfortable (ie:too cold, too hot) decreases pain thresholds, then uncomfortable weather may impact perception of pain, no?

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      1. F.L.Stefanato #FBPE ❄️ 🔬PhD‏ @stefafra 13 Jan 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @DJGrothe and

        and why only knee pain? Dodgy hand joints can hurt in cold wet days...

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      1. Ollie Nanyes‏ @OllieNanyes 13 Jan 2017
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        This is one I used to believe too.

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      1. Gloria Graham‏ @GloriaMGraham 13 Jan 2017
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        ...new research advocates "Serial Coincidence!" 😬

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