The disease was once called the 'rich man's disease' because of its association with fatty foods and alcohol, but a new study ...

While genetics play a large role in gout, other factors can also increase your risk, such as your diet and, potentially, your weight. Gout is an inflammatory form of arthritis that affects the ...

“Gout is a chronic disease with a genetic basis and is not the fault of the sufferer – the myth that gout is caused by lifestyle or diet needs to be busted. “This widespread myth causes shame in ...

In a media release, he emphasized, “This study busted the myth that gout has anything to do with poor lifestyle choices or poor diet—it is a condition with genetic influence.” This ...

The word ‘gout’ often brings to mind lavish feasts, with plenty of red meat, fatty foods and alcohol consumed that triggers the condition that was once known as the "rich man’s disease".

A doctor has warned that of the need for people suffering from symptoms of gout to see their GP following an alarming rise in ...

In a media release, he mentioned that the study busted the myth that gout has anything to do with poor lifestyle choices or poor diet – it is a condition with genetic influence. There is a ...

“Gout is a chronic disease with a genetic basis and is not the fault of the sufferer – the myth that gout is caused by lifestyle or diet needs to be busted,” Prof. Merriman says in a media release.

Gout is the result of a build-up of uric acid in the blood and affects 200,000 people, most of them men, in the UK. Uric acid is formed ... more frequent or severe. Diet is one of the main methods ...