Uric Acid

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- Women with gout at greater risk of heart attack - 7.4
- New genes linked to gout - 6.1
- Sugary soft drinks linked to gout in men - 6
- Vitamin C lowers gout risk in men - 5.2
- Gastric acid protects against foodborne diseases - 4
- Folic acid reduces alcohol-related damage in alcoholics - 3.6
- ABCG2 gene mutation causes gout - 3.6
- Folic acid prevents congenital heart defects by 6% - 3.6
- Heartburn medications do not ease asthma - 3.5
- Breast cancer spread stopped by bone drug - 3.5

Uric Acid articles

Women with gout at greater risk of heart attack
Women with gout are at greater risk of a heart attack than men with the disease, indicates research published ahead of print in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.

ABCG2 gene mutation causes gout
Johns Hopkins scientists out a gene for gout - ABCG2 gene mutation is responsible for causing the joint inflammation and pain that are symptoms of gout.

Vitamin C lowers gout risk in men
Men with higher vitamin C intake appear less likely to develop gout, a painful type of arthritis, according to a report in the March 9 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

Takeda's Uloric febuxostat approved for hyperuricemia in gout
Teijin Pharma Limited and Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited announced that on February 13, 2009, Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America, Inc., received FDA marketing approval for ULORIC (febuxostat) for the chronic management of hyperuricemia in patients with gout.

New genes linked to gout
Researchers have identified two new genes – and confirmed the role of a third gene – associated with increased risk of higher levels of uric acid in the blood, which can lead to gout, a common, painful form of arthritis.

Sugary soft drinks linked to gout in men
Consumption of sugar sweetened soft drinks and fructose is strongly associated with an increased risk of gout in men. Gout is a joint disease which causes extreme pain and swelling. It is most common in men aged 40 and older. It is caused by excess uric acid in the blood (hyperuricaemia) which leads to uric acid crystals collecting around the joints.

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