Patients with debilitating gout are being failed by the NHS because of outdated practices which mean they are prescribed only a third of the medication they need, experts claim.

Among patients with gout in the US, Black individuals and those living in the South were associated with reduced adherence to allopurinol.

A recent study by researchers from the University of California San Diego and collaborators has uncovered a new molecular ...

A normal serum urate level for assigned females is 1.5 to 6.0 mg/dL. For assigned males, it is 2.5 to 7.0 mg/dL. Hyperuricemia itself is not a disease. In some cases, it does not cause symptoms or ...

Gout is a prevalent metabolic disorder characterized by urate crystal accumulation in joints, leading to acute arthritis and tophi formation. Despite advancements in management, the incidence and ...

Uric acid-induced kidney damage can occur through various mechanisms, including the activation of pro-inflammatory pathways and the accumulation of urate crystals in the kidney tubules ...

1 Department of Orthopaedics, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China 2 College of Nursing, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China Objective: Gout is a common ...

When you hear the word gout, the first image which comes to mind is probably that of Henry VIII, who developed the condition after a life-time of overindulging on rich foods and alcohol.

This can be prevented by taking daily doses of urate-lowering therapy drugs ... fingers or toes due to tophi – deposits of uric acid crystals under the skin. These deposits can result in ...

Gout is a condition when urate, a substance in the body, builds up and forms needle-shaped crystals in your joints. This leads to pain, swelling, redness, and changes in the movement and use of ...