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gout
gout (gowt) n. a disease in which a defect in purine metabolism causes an excess of uric acid and its salts (urates) to accumulate in the bloodstream and the joints respectively. It results in attacks of acute gouty arthritis and chronic destruction of the joints and deposits of urates (tophi) in the skin and cartilage, especially of the ears. Treatment with uricosuric drugs or allopurinol can control the disease; acute attacks are treated with anti-inflammatory analgesics. See also
podagra.
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The Gout & Uric Acid Education Society (GUAES) Announces New Survey Results Highlighting Major Gaps in Public Awareness of Gout.
News Wire article from: PR Newswire; 5/22/2009; 700+ words
; ...New Findings Released on the Third Annual Gout Awareness Day (May 22) NEW YORK, May 22 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gout & Uric Acid Education Society announced...alarming gaps in the public's awareness of gout, a painful and potentially debilitating...
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Gout Isn't Gone, Guys.
Magazine article from: U.S. News & World Report; 5/30/2008; ; 700+ words
; Byline: Adam Voiland Gout is a form of arthritis that produces intense...by gluttonous royals of old, but since Gout Awareness Day happens to fall in May...according to astudy conducted by the Gout and Uric Acid Education Society, it may...
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Gout: more than just pain? Research suggests a potential link between gout and heart disease. Here's how you can lower your risk and fight the pain.
Magazine article from: Men's Health Advisor; 11/1/2006; 700+ words
; Gout was once considered a disease of the rich, a product of gluttony. But gout knows no social or economic boundaries, and you...or urate, in the blood (hyperuricemia). And, gout may mean more than painful, inflamed joints. Some...
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Gout: The Patrician Malady.(Review)
Magazine article from: The Historian; 1/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; Gout: The Patrician Malady. By Roy Porter and...thorough and engaging study, "why a book about gout" (2)? The question is deliberately disingenuous...it felt "like walking on my eyeballs"), gout is, if incurable, blessedly noncommunicable...
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The Gout & Uric Acid Education Society GUAES Announces New Survey Results Highlighting Major Gaps in Public Awareness of Gout.
Newspaper article from: Biotech Week; 6/3/2009; 700+ words
; The Gout & Uric Acid Education Society announced...alarming gaps in the public's awareness of gout, a painful and potentially debilitating...being "not at all knowledgeable" about gout and just over 70% did not know that gout...
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Gout is new risk to consider when you opt for low-carb.(Ask EN)
Magazine article from: Environmental Nutrition; 12/1/2004; 700+ words
; ...and I recently experienced an attack of gout. Could my diet be to blame? A. Possibly. Diet is one of several factors linked to gout. Family history, age, gender, certain...diets may increase your chances of getting gout. Plus, there is growing concern that...
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Rising gout prevalence tied to undertreatment: the goal of treatment is cure, and given the drugs available today, that is realistic and achievable.
Magazine article from: Internal Medicine News; 9/15/2005; ; 700+ words
; VIENNA -- The rising prevalence of gout being reported in the United States and...shamefully, to relative undertreatment of gout," according to Dr. Doherty, professor...University of Nottingham, England. The goal of gout treatment is cure. It's a realistic...
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Gout Medication Treatment Patterns and Adherence to Standards of Care From a Managed Care Perspective
Magazine article from: Mayo Clinic Proceedings; 7/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...published standards of care for patients with gout. PATIENTS AND METHODS: This retrospective...date and 2 or more visits during which the gout disease code (274.xx) was assigned or 1 or more pharmacy prescriptions for a gout-specific medication between January 1...
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Gout risk and obesity.(Clinical report)
Magazine article from: Bandolier; 6/1/2005; 700+ words
; We know that weight is involved in gout, because serum uric acid levels are increased...real figures about weight and risks of gout. Study This was a prospective study of...health outcomes, and medical conditions. Gout diagnosis was determined every two years...
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Gout in 2006: the perfect storm.
Magazine article from: Bulletin of the NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases; 6/22/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...Mechanistic and therapeutic advances in gout have been moving swiftly in the past decade...pertinent recent developments in understanding gout and in novel therapeutics for the disease...or IL-1[beta]. ********** Gout is a disease recognized since antiquity...
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Gout Drugs
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 3rd ed.
Gout Drugs Definition Gout drugs are medicines that prevent or relieve the symptoms of gout, a disease that affects the joints and kidneys. Purpose Gout is a disease in which uric acid, a waste product that normally passes out of the body in...
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gout
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Body
gout is a metabolic disorder characterized by excessive...sufferer, gave the classical description of gout in the 1670s. The parts affected, according...the eighteenth century different kinds of gout were distinguished. The classic swelling...
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Gout
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
Gout Definition Gout is a form of acute arthritis that causes severe pain and swelling in the...It affects the spine often enough to be a factor in lower back pain. Gout is often a recurring condition. An attack usually comes on suddenly and...
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Anti-Hyperuricemic Drugs
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 3rd ed.
...medications used to treat acute or long-term gout. Since all of these factors contribute to the disease, patients suffering from gout should attempt to lose weight, avoid excess...lobster, avocado, and peas. Description Gout and hyperuricemia Persons with high levels...
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Uric Acid Tests
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 3rd ed.
...evaluate the blood levels of uric acid for gout and to assess uric acid levels in the urine...to overproduction may also be caused by gout, by a genetic disorder of purine metabolism...pregnancy, and alcoholism. Patients with gout excrete less than half the uric acid in...
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