Gout on the Rise as Americans Gain Weight
Thursday, July 28, 2011 - 17:00
in Health & Medicine
The "disease of kings" has now reached the masses. In the past half century the prevalence of gout in the general U.S. population has more than doubled. Once thought of only for the privileged few who had the means to overindulge in food and drink, gout now afflicts more than eight million American adults. And research suggests that the rates of this form of localized arthritis are still on the rise. [More]