As Obesity Rates Rise, Cases of Kidney Stones Double: Study - YAHOO!
25 May 2012, 1:05 pm
"People with a history of kidney stones also are more likely to have histories of diabetes, obesity and gout," he said. Usually, severe pain is the first sign of a stone, Scales said, and as many as 50 percent of people who develop a first kidney stone develop others.

Funding for Pasifika Living with Arthritis Welcomed - Scoop
24 May 2012, 11:08 pm
Chief Executive Sandra Kirby says gout is a significant health issue for New Zealand’s Pasifika people. “Gout is one of the most common forms of arthritis, and it is often said to be the most painful. Data from one primary health organisation in South ...

New recommendations to control gout - United Press International
23 May 2012, 6:58 pm
PITTSBURGH, May 24 (UPI) -- New recommendations highlight lifestyle changes as a key to managing acute gout symptoms, U.S. rheumatologists said. The recommendations from the American Society of Clinical Rheumatologists, published in Postgraduate ...

Women and their loved ones are affected by gout: Survey - News-Medical.Net
22 May 2012, 10:06 pm
An online survey conducted by Red Hot Mamas North America, Inc. found that women and their loved ones are significantly affected by very painful bouts of gout, which they consider to be chronic and severe. Respondents indicated that although the ...

Study Finds Gout Significantly Impacts Lives of Women and Their Loved Ones - Yahoo Finance
22 May 2012, 7:04 am
BRIDGEWATER, N.J., May 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- An online survey conducted by Red Hot Mamas North America, Inc. found that women and their loved ones are significantly affected by very painful bouts of gout, which they consider to be chronic ...

Eating dry cat food may give birds gout, kidney disease - AZCentral.com
20 May 2012, 2:05 am
I know how you feel about cats, but this is a bird question. I started putting water out past my patio for the birds. I then noticed a feral kitten drinking the water. I have an indoor cat of my own, so I started putting out dry cat food for the ...

Gout: on the rise in Australia - heraldsun.com.au
18 May 2012, 6:57 pm
GOUT is an excruciatingly painful form of arthritis, but it can respond well to changes in lifestyle, reports Brian Johnston. Recent research suggests that the rate of gout in Australia has been steadily rising since the 1960s, and now affects 70,000 ...

Pharmos Corporation Announces Successful Completion Of Proof-of-concept Clinical Trial Of Levotofisopam For The Treatment Of Gout - Phramalive.com
17 May 2012, 4:06 pm
ISELIN, N.J., May 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Pharmos Corporation (OTC-PINK: PARS) today announced that it has successfully completed a proof-of-concept clinical trial using its compound levotofisopam (S-tofisopam) to treat patients with hyperuricemia and gout.

Gouty Arthritis (Gout) – Pipeline Review, H1 2012 - new market research report - Transworld News
13 May 2012, 6:27 pm
Gouty Arthritis (Gout) – Pipeline Review, H1 2012 - Global Markets Direct's, 'Gouty Arthritis (Gout) - Pipeline Review, H1 2012', provides an overview of the Gouty Arthritis (Gout) therapeutic pipeline. This report provides information on the therapeutic ...

FDA advisers rebuff Regeneron gout drug - Reuters
8 May 2012, 3:34 pm
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. drug advisers unanimously voted against Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc's experimental drug to prevent gout flares, based on studies that tested the drug for only 16 weeks. A panel of outside experts to the U.S. Food ...