Gout
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Metformin Initiation Cuts Gout Risk in Prediabetes
Initiation of metformin resulted in 2.4 fewer cases of gout per 1000 person-years.
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Vigilance Needed in Gout Treatment to Reduce CVD Risks
Growing evidence suggests that a guideline-directed, treat-to-target strategy in patients with gout not only controls the disease but also reduces...
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Neutrophils Take Center Stage in Growing Understanding of Colchicine’s Role in Treating Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease
Colchicine, a legacy drug that received a new indication in 2023 for cardiovascular disease, can treat arterial inflammation after a heart attack...
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Optimized Hospital Care for Gout Improves Uptake of Urate-Lowering Therapy
Almost all people who received in-hospital treatment for a gout flare were using urate-lowering therapy within 6 months of discharge after a...
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Gout Increases the Risk for a Wide Range of Cardiovascular Diseases
This association was more pronounced in women than in men, and gout amplified the risk for CVD in younger individuals to a greater extent.
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Preventing Gout Flares and Hospitalizations Means Targeting These Serum Urate Levels
The findings “support the value of target serum urate levels in gout flare prevention in primary care, where most gout patients are treated.”
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Tool Uses Genetics to Assist With Diagnosis of Early Inflammatory Arthritis
The tool may aid in accelerating accurate diagnosis and getting patients on the right treatments earlier.
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Dieting and Gout: Intensive Weight Loss Not Especially Helpful for Symptoms
Researchers found an association between weight loss and a corresponding reduction in serum urate, but more weight loss did not result in positive...
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Evidence Grows for SGLT2 Inhibitors in Rheumatology
Sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors are not approved to treat gout, lupus, or lupus nephritis, but clinicians are uncovering signs...
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CPPD nomenclature is sore subject for gout group
G-CAN hopes to standardize terminology and finally oust ‘pseudo’ vernacular.
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Gout: Studies support early use of urate-lowering therapy, warn of peripheral arterial disease
Urate-lowering drugs might be OK early on; gout may boost peripheral arterial disease.