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What Ails You: A closer look at gout  -  25 Mar 2008
Desert Dispatch,By Jackie Randa Last week we talked briefly about three common forms of arthritis: gout, osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis.

Jordan Catalano Gets Fat, Kills a Beatle  -  25 Mar 2008
E! OnlineToo bad, because he gained 62 pounds for the part, and then shed the weight so quickly that he actually contracted gout. For real. Gout.

Nibbles: Obese women skip cancer screens, and online game makes ...  -  25 Mar 2008
CalorieLab Calorie Counter News,Word has it that Leto lost the weight again so quickly that he actually gave himself gout. Not sure how that works, but we hope it was worth itâ€¦

Backache - Causes and Natural Home Remedies for Backache  -  25 Mar 2008
Los Angeles Chronicle,Gout, constipation, a wrong posture and menstrual disorders of women can cause backache. Drink some hot milk or water with powdered sonth, meetha soda,

Castor oil might rout gout  -  Mar 23, 2008
Chicago Daily Herald,Recently, I was diagnosed with gout. I had a bad episode a couple of years ago but didn't know what it was. When I had another episode, my doctor diagnosed

Dr Thomas Stuttaford answers your questions on gout  -  Mar 19, 2008
Times Online,Several months later he has lost a lot of weight, dares not drink alcohol at all (he enjoyed the occasional glass of red wine) or eat much, and the gout

Ardea Biosciences Reports Progress of Clinical Development ...  -  Mar 24, 2008
MSN MoneyGout/Inflammation -- Initiate a Phase 2 dose-finding trial for the treatment of gout in the second quarter of 2008 with results expected in the second half

The limelight is on celiac disease  -  Mar 23, 2008
DetNews.com,Dear Dr. Donohue: I take two medicines for gout and have done so since I was 22. Since then, I have never had a repeat attack of gout.

Breakthrough on gout gene  -  Mar 11, 2008
Telegraph.co.uk,By Roger Highfield, Science Editor One reason that Henry VIII, Samuel Johnson, Queen Anne and millions more besides suffered the excrucating pain of gout

Savient Rises on Gout Drug News  -  Mar 12, 2008
Houston Chronicle,2008 AP NEW YORK â€” Savient Pharmaceuticals says it is on track to request government approval of its gout treatment Puricase by the end of June.

Gene 'linked to higher gout risk'  -  Mar 9, 2008
BBC News,A reason why millions worldwide fall prey to the painful joint condition gout may have been uncovered. A rise in UK gout cases has been blamed on

Rare Reptiles' Mass Die-Off Due to Poison-Induced Gout  -  Mar 12, 2008
National Geographic,Autopsies of the animals revealed evidence that they perished from gout, a painful metabolic disease, after ingesting polluted fish.

Gene 'linked to higher gout risk' identified  -  Mar 9, 2008
Hindu,London (PTI): Scientists have identified a gene linked to higher gout risk, which they claim could be the reason why millions worldwide fall prey to the

Watch out - gout's about  -  Mar 10, 2008
Guardian,If medical conditions can be fashionable, this is undoubtedly the time to have hyperuricaemia ("gout" is such an ugly word). Cases in the UK have risen

Gout - Information and Resources about Gout Treatment  -  Mar 16, 2008
Los Angeles Chronicle,Gout is a painful and potentially disabling rheumatic disease and is one of the most common forms of arthritis. Gout accounts for approximately 5% of all

UPDATE 1-Savient: One death in gout trial was in treatment arm  -  Feb 28, 2008
ReutersO: Quote, Profile, Research) said one death in the late-stage trials of its gout drug, Puricase, was in a patient assigned to the group that received the

Doth the Gray Lady cry â€œgoutâ€??  -  Mar 17, 2008
Time Out New York,On the heels of our recently introduced blog feature, Goutwatch, comes the news that Grub Street editor Josh Ozersky has received a brow-raising call from

Gene raises gout risk  -  Mar 10, 2008
NHS Choices,...â€œGene â€˜linked to higher gout riskâ€™â€? reports BBC News today. The article states that a new study of more than 12000 people has found a gene variant that

Gout Risk Linked To Genes  -  Mar 10, 2008
Medical News Today,A study led by a team of scientists in Scotland suggests that genes may play a part in increasing one's risk of developing gout, a painful condition that

Gene variant linked to higher risk of gout  -  Mar 11, 2008
Nursing in Practice,Researchers have discovered that a genetic variant may make some people more susceptible to gout than others. The finding could aid the development of drugs

Researchers Found Gene Linked To Higher Gout Risk  -  Mar 11, 2008
TopNews,...â€œSome people will have higher or lower risk of gout depending on the form of the gene they inherited. This discovery may allow better diagnostic tools for

Gene variant linked to risk of gout  -  Mar 10, 2008
OnMedica,Identification of a gene variant that increases the risk of gout by a UK team may lead to better diagnostics and new treatments for this common and painful

Genetic Variation may Raise the Risk of Gout  -  Mar 10, 2008
MedIndia,The researcher team, led by Professor Alan Wright, analysed more than 12000 people and said that new gout drugs may one day target the gene, called SLC2A,

Insufficient proof linking gout to soft drinks  -  Mar 5, 2008
Modesto Bee,Your recent article ("About Gout," Feb. 25) suggesting that "eliminating sugared drinks" will lower the risk of gout deserves clarification.

Gout and Metabolic Syndrome  -  Mar 3, 2008
The Common Voice,I did a little research on gout for a friend who had been given the standard advice for treating this painful condition: eat a low-fat diet,

Daily News: Soft Drinks Linked to Gout  -  Feb 29, 2008
Nurse.com,In a study of 46393 men over 12 years, researchers found increasing intake of sugar-sweetened soft drinks was associated with an increasing risk of gout.

Health Watch: Gout, the disease of kings  -  Feb 26, 2008
United Press International, Asia,Harish was diagnosed with gout. Harish's story is typical of the first episode of gout in most patients. This is one of the oldest diseases known to mankind

Arthritis affects many but does not have to be debilitating  -  Mar 17, 2008
Desert Dispatch,There are three primary types of arthritis: gout, rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis. You may have been diagnosed with one or more of them.

About gout  -  Feb 25, 2008
Modesto Bee,Gout is the most common cause of inflammatory arthritis in men. It is brought on by the deposition of uric acid crystals in the soft tissues of the body,

Savient Provides Further Information on Top Line Phase 3 Trials ...  -  Feb 28, 2008
WELT ONLINE,The two Phase 3 pivotal trials assessed the safety and efficacy of a six-month course of pegloticase therapy in patients with treatment-failure gout under

A compact portrait of a troubled author in "The Several Lives of ...  -  Mar 14, 2008
Seattle Times,These thoughts are brought on by reading John Stape's "The Several Lives of Joseph Conrad," which might well have been subtitled "Thirty Years of Debt, Gout

Medical Sales Representative - East of England  -  Mar 21, 2008
Pharma Times (subscription),Products in their portfolio include treatments for asthma, cardiovascular problems, glaucoma, gout, hair loss, HIV/AIDS, BPH, infection, migraine,

Savient Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Q4 2007 Earning Call Transcript  -  Mar 12, 2008
Seeking Alpha,Our progress was largely defined by the advance of our Phase III program for Puricase or pegloticase as fighting drug candidate for treatment-failure gout

On nutrition: The tale of a royal pain in the toe  -  Mar 14, 2008
San Luis Obispo Tribune,The king's doctor confirmed that he suffered from gout, one of the oldest diseases in recorded history. "Why do I have such pain?" cried the king.

Movers Roundup: Savient, AirMedia  -  Mar 12, 2008
CNNMoney.comNEW YORK (AP) _ Savient Pharmaceuticals says it is on track to request government approval of its gout treatment Puricase by the end of June.

Banana skin an appealing cure for psoriasis  -  Mar 16, 2008
Chicago Daily Herald,The "drunken raisin" for gout, the soap under the sheets for leg cramps, castor oil for arthritis and more. My husband thought I had finally "gone off the

Savient Updates on Deaths From Trials  -  Feb 29, 2008
CNNMoney.comPuricase is intended for use in gout patients who have already failed a prior treatment. The condition, caused by excessive amounts of uric acid,

ALTERNATIVE THERAPY: Strengthen your bones  -  Mar 10, 2008
New Straits Times,Gout is one of the most common forms of arthritis. It appears as an acute attack often coming on overnight. Within 12-24 hours there is severe pain and

EMEA Recommends Marketing Authorisation Of Ipsen's Adenuric(R ...  -  Feb 25, 2008
Medical News Today (press release),Following marketing approval, AdenuricÂ® will become, since 1964, the first significant treatment alternative for chronic hyperuricaemia available to gout

Regeneron Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2007 Financial and ...  -  Feb 27, 2008
FOXBusinessRegeneron has also initiated a Phase 2 trial of ARCALYST(TM) for the prevention of gout. In addition, Regeneron has commenced a Phase 1 trial of its first

Siemens Introduces More Applications for Innovative Diagnostics  -  Mar 7, 2008
PCB007 (press release),Deposits of uric acid crystals in the joints of gout patients may damage the cartilaginous and osseous substance, particularly if the disease has been

HEALTH & FITNESS  -  Mar 11, 2008
The Tribune,ANI London: Gout has long been believed to be caused by unhealthy lifestyles, but now researchers at the MRC Human Genetics Unit in Edinburgh have found

90 gharials dead in two months in India  -  Mar 2, 2008
The New Nation,Huchzermeyer says if this is so, it is shocking because kidney infection, and hence gout, is very rare in gharials. Lala AK Singh, gharial expert of the

Gharials under threat as river turn poison  -  Mar 7, 2008
CNN-IBN,Autopsies on the 10 gharials that have died in the Chambal since December 2007 show that the animals died of renal diseases like gout and kidney failure.

Well, Well, Well  -  Mar 5, 2008
VUE Weekly,Take something like gout, a type of arthritis involving extremely painful swollen joints that, on a visit to the doctor, will rightly yield a prescription

Of Sex and Politics  -  Mar 22, 2008
Times of India,He has been called namesâ€”vulgaire, qu'obsÃ©dÃ© sexual (sex obsessed) and said to have mauvais gout (bad taste). "I am very glad when they say these things.

Contradictory reports over mysterious death of gharials  -  Mar 22, 2008
Hindu,...the carcasses they found that the deaths were on account of some toxin, which affected the kidneys and led to the deposition of uric acid causing gout.

Medical Alert  -  Feb 29, 2008
Parade MagazineMen who drink two sugar-sweetened soft drinks a day are at 85% greater risk of suffering from gout, a painful condition that afflicts one in every 400

What feet say about health  -  Mar 23, 2008
Enid News & Eagle,Gout is another form of arthritis that typically affects the big toe but can occur elsewhere in the foot. Itâ€™s extremely painful and treatment includes

I want to be a saga lout  -  Mar 21, 2008
Times Online,...â€œI had a motor scooter accidentâ€? and â€œI suffered a massive gout attackâ€? - are meant to alarm over-55s from ever leaving their deckchairs.

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