If you’ve ever been going about your day only to get hit with excruciating joint pain, it could be gout. While this type of arthritis is often associated with sharp, sudden pain in the big toe, gout ...

Gout is a painful arthritic condition that’s caused by a buildup of uric acid — a waste product in your blood. Usually, uric acid is removed through your urine when you pee. But when uric acid builds ...

High uric acid, medically known as hyperuricemia, occurs when the body has more Uric acid than it can remove. The extra uric ...

Considered the most common type of inflammatory arthritis, gout primarily affects joints in the feet. However, it can also affect other joints, including those in your fingers. Gout is a type of ...

(BPT) - Gout – only rich, old men get it, right? Wrong! The truth is, gout can affect both men and women of all ages, economic standing and backgrounds. More than 8.3 million American adults have gout ...

T he word gout may make you think of overweight Victorian-era royalty with overly rich diets. But this common form of inflammatory arthritis, which leads to pain and swelling in one or more ...

Multiple regulatory pathways modulate the activity of the inflammasome and the release of IL-1β; this may explain in part the clinical origins of gouty inflammation Diet influences hyperuricaemia as ...

Dear Dr. Roach: Since January, I have had gout in my right big toe five times. I was given methylprednisolone (four-mg dose packs) five times. The medicine works only to the point of getting rid of ...

This news will dampen some spirits — a new study finds that certain alcoholic beverages can raise the risk of developing gout, a painful form of arthritis. Men who booze at least five times a week ...