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ACP Guidelines on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Low Back Pain Low back pain (LBP) is the fifth most common reason for all physician visits in the United States and…

Neck Pain Does this patient have neck pain? Cervical spondylotic myelopathy mdedge.com

ACP on gout: Treat to symptoms, not to urate targets New gout treatment guidelines support the use of urate-lowering therapy but find no place for treating patients to achieve any…

Imaging Appearances in Gout Arthritis is a peer-reviewed, Open Access journal that publishes original research articles, review articles, and clinical studies related to all aspects of arthritis. hindawi.com|By Hindawi Publishing…

A 'Complexity' of Urate Transporters What is the connection between hyperuricemia and the development of various diseases? medscape.com Why Gout? Humans and other higher primates lack/lost the enzyme, Uricase, which…

Effect of Diet & Sodium Intake on Serum Uric Acid Serum uric acid (UA) is an important factor in the causal pathway for gout. It has also been implicated as…

Gout increases risk of heart attack and stroke www.news-medical.net When gout goes to the heart: does gout equal a cardiovascular disease risk factor?   ardbeta.bmj.com Allopurinol Linked to Reduction in…

Gout Patients Face a Higher Risk for Advanced Kidney Disease Gout patients who successfully respond to urate lowering therapy have higher rates of chronic kidney… rheumatologynetwork.com Uric acid, gout and…

Role of Uric Acid in Insulin Resistance and Fatty Liver in Humans More bad news for fructose? Read how fructose metabolism may contribute to metabolic syndrome and fat accumulation. medscape.com…

Cases of fatty liver disease rising in Singapore Last month, news of Deputy Speaker of Parliament Charles Chong undergoing a liver transplant took many people by surprise.. Read more at…