Gout is most commonly associated with pain in the joint of the big toe of middle-aged and older men who are obese, diabetic, hypertensive and drink alcohol, but gout can occur in any joint of adult men and women of any health status and any age.

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In the glory days of piers, the middle classes and tradesmen of seaside towns bought shares in them to dip a cautious toe in the stockmarket, and town corporations saw them as the key to prosperity and the apogee of development.

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