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 often associated with drinking too much or not eating healthily enough, but new research suggests genetics play more of a factor in developing the arthritic condition than previously thought.

Gout was once seen as a “rich man’s disease” and King Henry VIII was a famous sufferer. However, it can affect anyone, and in recent years the number of cases of gout has been on the ...

While lifestyle factors can influence your likelihood of developing the condition, they are not as relevant as plain old bad genetic luck. “Gout is caused when the kidneys are unable to excrete uric ...

This happens when there is too much uric acid in your blood, which can lead to several diseases like gout, arthritis, kidney ...

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". In fact, gout ...