Gout sounds like a disease that shouldn’t exist anymore, especially since it’s referred to as the “disease of kings” because of its connection to royal leaders like Henry VIII, who lived with the ...

A new injectable drug may help some very sick gout patients who don't get better with usual treatment, according to a new study. The research was designed and funded by the pharmaceutical company ...

Vitamin C added little to the urate-lowering effect of standard gout treatment and was clinically ineffective when used alone, according to a small randomized trial published online May 16 in ...

Many of us would love to have something in common with royalty. But getting the “Disease of Kings” is not the way to do it! Gout earned that title centuries ago because it was most common in people ...

Gout is often blamed on overindulgence in alcohol or unhealthy eating, but research suggests genetics plays a much bigger ...

Incidence of gout - which is a form of arthritis and causes pain, redness and tenderness in joints - increased at an alarming rate from 1990 to 2017, across the world, mention researchers. Published ...

Eating cherries lowers gout incidence by 35 percent. Sept. 28, 2012— -- If a doctor diagnoses that crushing pain in your big toe as gout, relief just might be a bowl of cherries. A new Boston ...

Gout is a type of inflammatory arthritis that causes flare-ups of joint swelling and pain. Kidney disease and gout commonly co-occur and may each contribute to the development of the other. Gout is a ...

People who suffer from gout may be less likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease, according to surprising new research. The painful condition, which is on the rise in the UK, is caused by higher levels ...