Published: Nov 23, 2013 | Updated: Nov 25, 2013 Full Story: http://www.medpagetoday.com/Rheumatology/GeneralRheumatology/43087 By Nancy Walsh, Staff Writer, MedPage Today Action Points Gout does cluster within families, with increased risks being seen for individuals with affected close relatives. Note that heritability and familial transmission were both higher among men than women. Gout does cluster within families, […]
12.21.2013 by Elbert Chu Associate Producer, MedPage Today Recent research in metabolism implicates fructose as a more dangerous culprit in metabolic diseases than other forms of sugar. To catch up on the latest findings in ongoing research, we talked with Richard J. Johnson, MD, chief of the Division of Renal Diseases and Hypertension at the […]
Jonathan Kay, MD Full Story & Video: http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/803289 Hello. I am Jonathan Kay, Professor of Medicine and Director of Clinical Research in the Division of Rheumatology at the University of Massachusetts Medical School and UMass Memorial Medical Center, both in Worcester, Massachusetts. In the 1931 musical Scandals, Ethel Merman sang a song that began, “Life is […]
Consumption of sucrose sweetened beverages significantly increased the risk of gout, a study found.
Medscape Medical News Janis C. Kelly May 16, 2013 Vitamin C added little to the urate-lowering effect of standardgout treatment and was clinically ineffective when used alone, according to a small randomized trial published online May 16 in Arthritis & Rheumatism. According to lead author Lisa Stamp, PhD, from the University of Otago in Christchurch, New Zealand, the study […]
Described in ancient Egyptian medical texts, arthritis — particularly gout — was one of the earliest diseases to be clinically recognized. Hippocrates (~460-357 BC) differentiated gout from other forms of arthritis, while an ayurvedic medicine text from 123 AD references a disease characterized by swollen, painful joints and occasional fever — in all likelihood, rheumatoid arthritis (RA).