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A study published in the March 9th issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine indicates that vitamin C supplementation may help prevent gout. For twenty years beginning in 1986 researchers appraised the association between vitamin C and the incidence of gout. Their study was based on nearly 47,000 men who had no history of [...] We seem to hear on a regular basis about certain foods being bad for our health. And then they’re not. And then they are. There are so many conflicting studies that it comes to the point that the consumer just ignores them. Here is one of those cases. In 2000 Doctors at the National [...] A study conducted in 2003 by the University of California, Davis was the first to test for key inflammatory indicators, called markers, in blood samples from healthy people. [...] Savient Pharmaceuticals, Inc, has been conducting a clinical trial of its experimental gout treatment drug Puricase. Puricase is intended for use in patients that have not had success in treatment of their gout with other therapies. The trial included 212 patients, of which 158 completed the randomized trial. The company reported that 19 of [...] Two recent studies have found the high levels of urate, the cause of gout, may slow, or even help prevent, the progression of Parkinson’s disease symptoms. Urate, which is a salt formed from uric acid, is naturally produced in the body. It is known that too much urate can result in problems like gout, [...] A more recent study conducted by researchers in the U.S. and the Netherlands has confirmed the relationship of SLC2A9 with an increased risk of gout. In addition, they also identified 2 additional genes, ABCG2 and SLC17A3, that also appear to increase the risk of gout. In combination, these 3 genetic variations can increase the risk of developing gout by up to 30 to 40 times. [...] A researcher looking at the relationship between gout and heart attacks has discovered that there is a relationship between high uric acid levels and heart failure. Eswar Krishnan, MD, assistant professor of immunology and rheumatology at Stanford University School of Medicine, has conducted a new study looking into just what that relationship is. Uric [...] |
  
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