{
  "id": 13989015,
  "title": "Nearly one billion people could live with osteoarthritis by 2050, international experts warn",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/nearly-one-billion-people-could-live-with-osteoarthritis-by-2050",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-12T15:20:17.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-10-billion-people-osteoarthritis-international-experts.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Almost 1 billion people are projected to be living with osteoarthritis by 2050, up from about 600 million in 2023, and there remains no cure and no drug that can stop or slow the disease, according to a new roadmap published in The Lancet.",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}