Doctors have long believed that high levels of uric acid in the blood (a condition called hyperuricemia) were the main cause ...

Another, 85-year-old Pauline Woods, saw four different doctors for gout, which had made her ankles, feet and lower legs so painful and swollen that she could barely stand. Nothing she was ...

“The gout symptoms such as acute swelling/pain and erythema [redness ... It may be too painful or even impossible to put ...

A recent study by researchers from the University of California San Diego and collaborators has uncovered a new molecular pathway responsible for gout and its progression to joint tissue damage. The ...

Gout is a form of inflammatory arthritis that causes severe pain and swelling in one or more of your joints. These attacks happen suddenly when there's a buildup of uric acid, a chemical found ...