While doctors previously recommended avoiding plant - based foods that are rich in purines, some now believe they are safe to eat for people with gout. (health.com)
«More than 70 percent of people with gout have high blood pressure,» Juraschek says. (sciencedaily.com)
A new study indicates that uric acid — a compound that builds up in tissues in people with gout — prevents paralysis and death in mice with lesions resembling those seen in human MS.. The findings, reported in the current issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, suggest that this unlikely potential drug might someday be used to treat a condition that in the United States currently afflicts some 300,000 people, most of whom are between 35 and 65. (sciencemag.org)