Systemic inhibition of interleukin (IL)-1 with rilonacept (IL-1 Trap) could be an effective therapy for the pain and inflammation associated with acute gout. As demonstrated in a novel mouse model ...

Researchers at an academic rheumatology department in the Netherlands prospectively developed a diagnostic rule for gout using data from 381 consecutive patients with monoarticular arthritis who ...

A research team led by Christian Hertweck at the Leibniz Institute for Natural Products Research and Infection Biology, Jena, Germany, have identified compounds in mushrooms which they say are capable ...

“Gout is a common type of arthritis that can be extremely painful,” Dr. Tochi Iroku-Malize, board chair of the American ...

Her general practitioner diagnosed gouty arthritis because of a high serum uric-acid level (600 µmol/l; normal range 270–380 µmol/l) coexistent with tophi in her hands, and initiated ...