Gout

American College of Rheumatology officials are offering clinicians an early look at some of the recommendations in the drafted gout guidelines the ACR is set to debut in 2020.

Investigators at CCR West find that kidney transplant patients commonly suffer from gout, even before the transplant.

The first liquid formulation of the common gout therapy is anticipated to improve instances of dosing adjustment for patients.

Researchers suggested that anti-oxidants such as Vitamin C and E could delay or even reduce the risk of AMD in patients with gout, as they have been proven to have a beneficial effect in patients with AMD.

The time to revisit treatment approaches for gout is now.

In phase 3 trials, the combo therapy nearly doubled the number of patients who achieved target sUA numbers.

Findings suggest the DASH diet is an “effective, non-pharmacologic approach to prevent flares in patients with gout.”

Frequency of gout in the United States has tripled in the last 50 years, but the realm of medical imaging has seen even more exponential growth. A group from UCLA has released designs for a system that provides a field of view 100 times larger than the former “gold standard” for gout diagnosis.

The great Italian sculptor and painter Michelangelo wrote relatives he was having trouble with his hands. Was it gout? Not so, a team of disease detectives write.

In 2015, ACR and EULAR issued classification criteria for gout. The scoring system is summarized here in an easy to use format for physicians and patients.

Few gout patients know their serum urate goals, which researchers say could hinder their chances of reaching remission.

Wouldn’t it be a dream come true if coffee consumption possibly helped reduce the risk of gout?

High serum urate levels may indicate gout, yet most patients with this form of arthritis don’t know about a key component of their condition.

Researchers find non-invasive way to measure uric acid in blood.

Analysis of records from nearly 100,000 British patients indicates that gout is significantly associated with an increased risk of atrial fibrillation, both at the time of initial diagnosis and also going forward.

You’ve heard it thousands of times over the years: smoking is bad for your health. But a recent study found that cigarettes have an interesting impact when it comes to the risk of gout.

FDA approval of lesinurad for gout, in combination with an xanthine oxidase inhibitor, could spell relief for some gout patients.

The latest US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval goes to a Zurampic (lesinurad), a drug to help treat gout, a type of arthritis classified by severely painful joints.

Gout has long been associated with cardiovascular conditions such as heart dysfunction, however, the pathology between the two have remained unclear. A large study analyzed this type of arthritis in connection with atrial fibrillation.

Physicians don't have enough time to properly research each medication on their own. The pharmaceutical industry needs to better teach physicians about their medications instead of driving patients to demand them.

A considerable number of patients who suffer from rheumatoid arthritis display periarticular monosodium urate deposits.

Sleep apnea and gout have a lot in common: Both are associated with an increased level of uric acid and the incidence of gout.

Study results suggest that gout itself and not hyperuricemia alone is associated with left ventricular diastolic dysfunction and left atrial volume enlargement.

In the midst of planning Thanksgiving dinner and watching the best NFL matchups, the last thing patients want to think about is an inconvenient gout flare-up. Unfortunately, it looks like November is prime-time for the debilitating condition.

Maintaining normal serum urate concentrations can prevent tophi formation in gout reducing cardiovascular risk factors.

The prevalence of gout in more affluent countries seems to be increasing in recent decades. Medications, co-morbidities, genetics and other risk factors are to blame.

The terminology used to describe gout in the medical literature is vague and sometimes confusing, new research finds.

Although gout has historically been thought to be a rare in patients with SLE, a recent case series suggests that the incidence of gout in SLE may be greater than previously thought, University of Michigan researchers report.

The presence of urate crystal precipitation does not necessarily indicate a greater risk of cardiovascular complications for patients with increased levels of monosodium urate, which is the defining characteristic of gout.

The Food and Drug Administration's Arthritis Advisory Committee voted 10 to 4 to recommend the approval of lesinurad 200mg tablets for the treatment of hyperuricemia associated with gout.