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Higher-Protein Diet May Help Some With Type 2 Diabetes

Thu, 01 Oct 2015 07:00:00 +0000

Title: Higher-Protein Diet May Help Some With Type 2 Diabetes
Category: Health News
Created: 9/29/2015 12:00:00 AM
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New classification system developed for gout

Tue, 15 Sep 2015 15:00:00 +0000

A panel of experts and researchers have developed a new classification system for gout, the most common form of inflammatory arthritis.

New research backs belief that tomatoes can be a gout trigger

Thu, 20 Aug 2015 08:00:00 +0000

People who maintain that eating tomatoes can cause their gout to flare up are likely to welcome new research from New Zealand's University of Otago that has, for the first time, found a biological...

Many patients with gout do not receive recommended treatment

Mon, 29 Dec 2014 07:00:00 +0000

Among patients in England with gout, only a minority of those with indications to receive urate-lowering therapy were treated according to guideline recommendations, according to a study in JAMA.

Nighttime gout attack risk more than two times higher than in the daytime

Thu, 11 Dec 2014 09:00:00 +0000

Novel research reveals that the risk of acute gout attacks is more than two times higher during the night or early morning hours than it is in the daytime.

Effects of gout reduced after drinking Montmorency cherry concentrate

Mon, 29 Sep 2014 09:00:00 +0000

Drinking Montmorency concentrate significantly helps to reduce the effects of the painful condition gout, according to new research.

Gout diagnosis an important opportunity to detect possible silent coronary artery disease

Sun, 15 Jun 2014 07:00:00 +0000

A new study presented at the European League Against Rheumatism Annual Congress (EULAR 2014) showed that erectile dysfunction (ED) is present in most men with gout and is frequently severe.

Gout isn't always easy to prove: Study finds CT scans help catch cases traditional test misses

Fri, 28 Mar 2014 09:00:00 +0000

Gout is on the rise among U.S. men and women, and this piercingly painful and most common form of inflammatory arthritis is turning out to be more complicated than had been thought.

Gout drug may reduce risk of death

Wed, 26 Mar 2014 08:00:00 +0000

In a recently to be published study in Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, researchers have found the use of the drug allopurinol was associated with a reduced risk of death in hyperuricemic (gout)...

UK rates of gout soaring, but treatment remains poor

Thu, 16 Jan 2014 07:00:00 +0000

UK rates of gout have soared since the late1990s, with one in every 40 people now affected by the condition - the highest in Europe - but treatment remains as poor now as it was then, reveals...

Gout runs strongly in families, suggests large-scale study

Tue, 03 Dec 2013 15:00:00 +0000

Study of Taiwan's population shows that gout runs strongly in families, due to shared environmental and genetic factors - having a close relative with it increases the risk.

Less than half of gout patients reach recommended treatment goal following treatment with allopurinol

Thu, 31 Oct 2013 07:00:00 +0000

AstraZeneca and Ardea Biosciences presented results from a large study of allopurinol, a treatment commonly used to lower uric acid in patients with gout.

The healthspan of seniors could be extended by controlling the triggers of age-related inflammation

Wed, 23 Oct 2013 08:00:00 +0000

Inflammation is the common denominator of many chronic age-related diseases such as arthritis, gout, Alzheimer's, and diabetes.

Risk of heart attack and stroke doubles for patients with gout

Thu, 03 Oct 2013 09:00:00 +0000

New research published in Rheumatology journal has found that having gout doubles the risk of heart attack and stroke.

In Gout Flare-Ups, The Big Toe Isn't The Biggest Culprit - Other Joints Tied To Higher Risk

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 08:00:00 +0000

The painful rheumatic condition gout is often associated with the big toe, but it turns out that patients at highest risk of further flare-ups are those whose gout first involved other joints, such...

Vitamin C Does Not Lower Uric Acid Levels In Gout Patients

Thu, 16 May 2013 07:00:00 +0000

Despite previous studies touting its benefit in moderating gout risk, new research reveals that vitamin C, also known ascorbic acid, does not reduce uric acid (urate) levels to a clinically...

UL Medical School Researchers Find Increased Death Risk In Patients Suffering From Gout And Elevated Uric Acid Levels

Thu, 02 May 2013 09:00:00 +0000

A new study led by researchers at the Graduate Entry Medical School (GEMS), University of Limerick (UL) has found that people suffering from gout and elevated serum uric acid have significantly...

Shedding Light On Gout: Repair Of Protein Pump Possible

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 08:00:00 +0000

Johns Hopkins scientists have found out how a gout-linked genetic mutation contributes to the disease: by causing a breakdown in a cellular pump that clears an acidic waste product from the...

Potential For New Drugs To Treat Gout

Fri, 22 Mar 2013 07:00:00 +0000

Findings from a Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine study could lead to the development of new drugs to treat gout.