Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . WASHINGTON — The use of colchicine for gout flare prevention imparts a “modest” decrease in the risk for knee or ...

Although some of the signs and symptoms of gout are concerning, it’s not a contagious disease. Also, it may run in families, but it’s impossible to pass gout from one person to another. Gout is a type ...

A 66-year-old man presents to the emergency department with a 3-day history of gradually worsening pain and swelling in his left knee. He denies any injury other than a scrape sustained approximately ...

The diagnosis of gout sets into motion an assessment and therapeutic program for comorbidities, plus an enduring treatment program for gout-flare treatment and prophylaxis and serum urate lowering.