Vitamin C Supplementation May Help Prevent Gout
Vitamin C supplementation may help prevent gout, according to the results of a prospective study reported in the March 9 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine."Several metabolic studies and a recent double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized trial have shown that higher vitamin C intake significantly reduces serum uric acid levels," write Hyon K. Choi, MD, DrPH, from Vancouver General Hospital and University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, and colleagues...
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Lower gout risk for coffee lovers
Drinking four or more cups of coffee a day may cut the risk of having a painful attack of gout, say Canadian scientists. A University of British Columbia team found blood uric acid levels - which are linked to the condition...
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New drug may treat serious cases of gout
A new drug that imitates a blood-clearing enzyme missing in humans appears to safely treat serious cases of gout, U.S ,The Savient Pharmaceuticals drug, called pegloticase, helped remove ...
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Having Gout Reduces Risk of Parkinson's Disease
New research shows that having gout –  a condition in which excess uric acid in the blood seeps out and deposits as crystals in the joints and other tissues, causing intense pain and inflammation – may lower your risk of Parkinson’s disease. The new research supports earlier studies reporting a converse ...
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Genetic Variant Linked to Gout Risk
Scientists at the Medical Research Council in the UK have identified a genetic variant that may increase or lower the risk of gout. In a genetic study of more than 12,000 people from the UK, Croatia and Germany, the researchers...
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Gout surge blamed on sweet drinks
Sugary drinks have been blamed for a surge in cases of the painful joint disease gout. Men who consume two or more sugary soft drinks a day have an 85% higher risk of gout compared with those who drink less than one a month, a study suggests ...
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New Gout Drug Gets FDA Panel Nod
Uloric should be the first new gout drug to be approved in over 40 years, an FDA expert panel recommends. Currently, allopurinol (trade name, Zyloprim) is the only FDA-approved drug that prevents formation of the uric acid crystals that cause gout..
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Benzbromarone More Effective and Better Tolerated Than Allopurinol for Gout
Benzbromarone may be more effective and better tolerated than allopurinol for lowering uric acid levels in gout patients, Dutch investigators report in the January Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases...
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How To Avoid Trench Foot At Glastonbury
If you are planning to go to the Glastonbury music festival this weekend and your prayers for a dry and warm few days aren't answered, you might like to heed BBC reporter Andy Sully's advice and look after your feet, or you could end up with trench foot, as he did last year....
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While Infecting Humans Tiny Fungi May Reproduce Sexually
A fungus called microsporidia that causes chronic diarrhea in AIDS patients, organ transplant recipients and travelers has been identified as a member of the family of fungi that have been discovered to reproduce sexually. A team at Duke University Medical ..
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