Regular Updates on the Many Forms of Arthritis
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 the patients [...]
The Arthritis Foundation recently came out with its list of the top 10 arthritis events for the year 2007. This series will focus on those events.
#3: Projections of Increases in Doctor-Diagnosed Arthritis and Arthritis-Attributable Activity Limitation
It is estimated that 46 million adults in the U.S are afflicted with rheumatoid arthritis or other rheumatic conditions [...]
Researchers, led by Dr. Hyon K. Choi of the University of British Columbia Department of Medicine, have looked into the link between sugar-sweetened soft drinks and the incidence of gout, a form of arthritis.
Most sugar-sweetened soft drinks contain large amounts of fructose, a naturally occurring simple sugar found in many foods, such as honey, tree [...]
Interesting story from New Zealand discussing the possibility that high rates of gout in Pacific Islanders may be a genetic trait passed to them by ancient voyagers across the
Pacific Ocean.
Dr. Hallie Buckley, from
Otago
University’s Department of Anatomy and Structural Biology, has been studying bones from the oldest cemetery found in the
Pacific
Islands. These remains are estimated to [...]
Gout has typically been treated with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). But a report presented at the American College of Rheumatology on October 30, 2007 indicates that a new therapy may provide greater relief than NSAIDs.
The research was a trial involving 10 patients with chronic, active, gouty arthritis. They averaged 62 years of age and had [...]
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