TUESDAY, Jan. 24 (HealthDay News) -- If you have gout, drinking enriched skim milk may help reduce the frequency of painful flare-ups, new research suggests.
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Title: Enriched Milk May Ease Gout Category: Health News Created: 1/24/2012 11:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 1/24/2012
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I WAS recently diagnosed with gout. The foot felt sore on Christmas Eve. It wasn't better by December 29 so off I hobbled to the medical centre. The doctor took one look at my foot. ''You've got gout!'' he exclaimed in surprise. He told me to take Nurofen and to expect it to disappear in 48 hours. Then it was time for me to leave. After all, I had taken up two minutes of his time, a minute ...
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THURSDAY, Jan. 5 (HealthDay News) -- Preliminary findings suggest a drug used to treat another disease might also reduce painful flare-ups in gout patients starting new medication regimens.
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According to a phase II clinical trial, the drug rilonacept, which inhibits the protein interleukin-1 (IL-1), substantially reduces acute gout flares that occur at the start of uric acid-reducing therapy and is noted to be generally well tolerated with no serious infections or serious adverse events occurring in relation to the treatment. The findings of the first placebo controlled study, in ...
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A daily dose of skimmed milk, enriched with two components found in dairy products, may help to curb the frequency of painful gout flare-ups, indicates research published online in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.
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Title: Drug Already on Market May Be a Boon to Gout Patients Category: Health News Created: 1/6/2012 11:01:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 1/6/2012
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