Medical Links

Anatomy / Physiology

1.	WhatYou Need to Know about Inflammation Cleveland Clinic Foundation

2.	JointAtlas Arthritis Foundation

Clinical Trials

1.	ClinicalTrials.gov:Arthritis National Institutes of Health

2.	ClinicalTrials.gov:Arthritis, Psoriatic National Institutes of Health

Coping

1.	Stuck in the Dumps Arthritis Foundation

2.	Managing Your Stress Arthritis Foundation The University of Texas

Diagnosis/Symptoms

1.	C-Reactive Protein (CRP) American Association for Clinical Chemistry

2.	Guide to Lab Tests Arthritis Foundation

3.	Glossary of Orthopaedic Diagnostic Tests American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

Dictionaries/Glossaries

1.	Arthritis Glossary Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Directories

1.	Arthritis Foundation: Local Office Directory Arthritis Foundation

2.	Member Directory Arthroscopy Association of North America

Disease Management

1.	Pain Center: Understanding Your Pain Arthritis Foundation

2.	How to Care for Yourself Arthritis Foundation

3.	ManagingYour Fatigue Arthritis Foundation

4.	Practice Relaxation Arthritis Foundation

5.	Take Action: 11 Steps to Limit the Impact of Arthritis Arthritis Foundation

6.	51 Ways to Be Good to Your Joints Arthritis Foundation

Financial Issues

1.	Patient Assistance Programs for Rheumatology-Relatated Drugs American College of Rheumatology

2.	Disability Maze Arthritis Foundation

3.	Arthritis Patients Spend Twice as Many Health Care dollars American College of Rheumatology

Health Check Tools

1.	Hundreds of Tools to use Mediline

National Institutes of Health

1.	Arthritis Advice? National Institute on Aging

2.	Arthritis National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases

Nutrition

1.	Elimination Diets Arthritis Foundation

2.	Arthritis Today's Vitamin and Mineral Guide Arthritis Foundation

3.	Diet and Your Arthritis Arthritis Foundation

Organizations

1.	American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

2.	American College of Rheumatology

3.	Arthritis Foundation

4.	National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and skin diseases

Rehabilitation/Recovery

1.	How Occupational and Physical Therapy Can Help You Cleveland Clinic Foundation

2.	What You Need to Know about Arthritis American Physical Therapy Association

Related Issues

1.	Marriage and Family Arthritis Foundation

2.	Psychology of Pain -- Arthritis Pain National Pain Foundation

3.	Questionsand Answers about Arthritis and Exercise National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases

4.	Relationships and Dating Arthritis Foundation

5.	Spring into Cleaning Arthritis Foundation

6.	Stepping Out: Arthritis Today's Walking Guide Arthritis Foundation

7.	Traveling with Arthritis:

8.	Zipped Lips: 6 Things Your Doctor Isn't Telling You Arthritis Foundation

9.	Water Exercise Arthritis Foundation

10.	Focus on You Arthritis Foundation

11.	Guide to Intimacy with Arthritis Arthritis Foundation

12.	Home Barrier-Free Home Arthritis Foundation

Statistics

1.	FASTATS: Arthritis National Center for Health Statistics

2.	Facts about Prevalence of Arthritis in the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

3.	Targeting Arthritis: Reducing Disability for 19 Million Americans Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Treatment

1.	This Is Medicine: Some of the Best Medicine for Arthritis Arthritis Foundation

2.	How Do You Know It's Time for Surgery? Arthritis Foundation

3.	Another COX-2 Inhibitor Linked to Heart Attack Risk Arthritis Foundation

4.	Arthritis Today 2007 Drug Guide Arthritis Foundation

5.	Types of Surgery Arthritis Foundation asp

6.	Helpful Treatments Keep People With Arthritis Moving Food and Drug Administration

7.	Total Joint Replacement American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

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Coffee Consumption May Lower Blood Uric Acid Levels -- The Precursor Of Gout

Jun 3, 01:00 AM

High uric acid levels in the blood are a precursor of gout, the most common inflammatory arthritis in adult men. It is believed that coffee and tea consumption may affect uric acid levels but only one study has been conducted to date. A new large-scale study published in the June 2007 issue of Arthritis Care & Research (http://www.interscience.wiley. [click link for full article]

May 30, 10:00 AM

Coffee is a habit for more than 50 percent of Americans, who drink, on average, 2 cups per day. This widely consumed beverage is regularly investigated and debated for its impact on health conditions from breast cancer to heart disease. Among its complex effects on the body, coffee or its components have been linked to lower insulin and uric acid levels on a short-term basis or cross-sectionally. [click link for full article]

Mar 13, 06:00 PM

Savient Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:SVNT) announced today that it has reached its Phase 3 enrollment target of 200 patients total, in the two replicate placebo-controlled six-month clinical trials. The trials assess the safety and efficacy of Puricase in patients with treatment-failure gout, under the auspices of a Special Protocol Assessment from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. [click link for full article]

Nov 13, '06, 07:00 PM

Climatic factors such as heat and humidity that lead to dehydration can signal a future attack for gout sufferers, according to research presented this week at the American College of Rheumatology Annual Scientific Meeting in Washington DC.Gout, caused by deposits of monosodium uric crystals, causes severe pain and swelling of the joints. [click link for full article]

Nov 11, '06, 11:00 PM

Results of a new survey show that two-thirds (65 percent) of gout patients ranked their typical gout flares -- defined as a sudden, intense pain -- as either close to, or the worst pain possible and say that the flares last an average of eight days. Seventy-two percent reported having experienced at least one flare within the last 12 months. The online survey of 321 gout patients was conducted by Harris Interactive(R) on behalf of Savient Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [click link for full article]

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Nov 10, '06, 07:00 PM

The Gout & Uric Acid Education Society, a non-profit group of health care professionals, today launched http://www.gouteducation.org , a valuable educational resource for gout sufferers and their caregivers. The Web site is designed to help gout sufferers enhance their understanding of the disease and its treatments, embrace lifestyle modifications and, ideally, restore some control and spontaneity to their lives. [click link for full article]

Aug 7, '06, 06:00 PM

People with gout are at increased risk of having a heart attack, according to a University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine study published in the August edition of the journal Arthritis & Rheumatism. The article is available on line at http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/jhome/76509746. [click link for full article]

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Glimmer Of Hope For Gout Patients

Aug 6, '06, 04:00 PM

For over 100 years we have known that the intensely painful disease gout is caused by the accumulation of monosodium urate crystals (MSU) in joints. Now, in a study appearing in the August issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation, Kenneth Rock and colleagues from University of Massachusetts Medical School uncover how these crystal deposits are recognized by the immune system and trigger acute and painful inflammation. [click link for full article]

Jul 17, '06, 05:00 PM

The first new class of drug to emerge in 40 years for treating chronic gout has the potential to radically alter the outlook for thousands of patients unable to benefit from currently available therapies, says the drug's developer Savient Pharmaceuticals Inc. who presented Phase II data at this year's annual meeting of the European rheumatology community, EULAR. [click link for full article]

Nov 29, '05, 12:00 PM

Savient Pharmaceuticals, Inc announced that patients withelevated blood uric acid levels and treatment-resistant gout who were treatedwith its investigational drug Puricase(R) (PEG-uricase) had substantial andsustained reduction in plasma urate levels, according to study results thatwere presented on Wednesday, November 16 at the American College ofRheumatology 2005 Annual Meeting. [click link for full article]

Jan 13, '05, 05:00 AM

Savient Pharmaceuticals, Inc (NASDAQ: SVNT), an emerging specialty pharmaceutical company engaged in developing, manufacturing and marketing pharmaceutical products that address unmet medical needs today announced the completion of patient dosing in a Phase 2 clinical trial of Puricase(R), a poly(ethylene glycol) ("PEG") conjugate of recombinant porcine uricase (urate oxidase), for the treatment of severe, refractory gout. [click link for full article]

Dec 18, '04, 05:00 AM

OSAKA, JAPAN --- Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited ("Takeda") announced today that TAP Pharmaceutical Products Inc ("TAP"), its 50-50 joint venture with Abbott Laboratories, submitted a New Drug Application ("NDA") on December 14 with the US Food and Drug Administration for febuxostat 80mg and 120mg for the management of hyperuricemia in patients with chronic gout. [click link for full article]

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Milk helps gout meat and seafood do not

Mar 10, '04, 07:00 PM

If you want to prevent painful gout you should drink milk and dairy products. You should not, however, eat lots of red meat and seafood. This is according to a report in the New England Journal of Medicine. Dr. Hyon Choi, study leader, said that this is the first evidence that dairy products can be strongly protective against gout. Dr. Choi works at the Massachusetts General Hospital. [click link for full article]