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  "publishedAt": "2026-03-02T10:20:07.000Z",
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  "textContent": "A condition once called the \"disease of kings\" is affecting even the general population. Rates of gout, a type of inflammatory arthritis that causes severe, sudden stabbing pain in the big toe, have increased by more than 20% since 1990. Even though it's becoming a more widespread condition, gout still carries the public perception that has sometimes oversimplified gout as a lifestyle-driven disease.",
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