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. [...]
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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 acid naturally occurs in [...] Gout is a painful condition resulting from a buildup of urate crystals in joints, most often in the toes. Urate crystals develop due to elevated uric acid levels in the blood and are generally attributed to high levels of sugar intake. A recent study published in the April 2008 Archives of Neurology concludes that high levels of [...] A new study has shown that there is an inverse relationship between serum uric acid levels and gout, and the risk of parkinson’s disease. [...] Based on the results of recent testing a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) expert panel has recommended that febuxostat be approved. This would make febuxostat, to be marketed as Uloric, the first gout drug to be approved in over 40 years. [...] |
  
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