The study, carried out between 2002 and 2008, looked at people who had foot complaints, including bunions and hammer and claw toes and then looked at the incidence of the same conditions in close family members.

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Hitzlsperger, nicknamed Der Hammer, fired in a left-foot drive to give the London club the lead in the 23rd minute.

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