Gout

Lifestyle and gout
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: This review summarizes recent epidemiologic research findings on gout, and attempts to put them into the context of clinical and public health decision-making aimed at prevention and improved management of gout.

Rotterdam, The Netherlands
The Netherlands
Overview of the management of acute gout and the role of adrenocorticotropic hormone
It is important to distinguish between therapy used to reduce acute inflammation in gout and therapy used to manage hyperuricaemia in patients with chronic gouty arthritis.

New Brunswick, NJ
USA
PEG-uricase in the management of treatment-resistant gout and hyperuricemia
Hyperuricemia results from an imbalance between the rates of production and excretion of uric acid.
3475-S Edison Way
Menlo Park, CA 94025
USA