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These Medical Links contain Important Reading for Gout and Arthritis sufferers.I also cover Health and Wellness in these sections.





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1. Tai Chi Arthritis


2. Arthritis Today's Supplement Guide
Arthritis Foundation


3. Homeopathy
Holistic Online.com

4. Meditation
Arthritis Foundation


5. Acupuncture
Arthritis Foundation


Medicallinks - Anatomy / Physiology

    1. What You Need to Know about Inflammation
    Cleveland Clinic Foundation


    2. Joint Atlas
    Arthritis Foundation


Medical links - Clinical Trials

    1. ClinicalTrials.gov:Arthritis
    National Institutes of Health


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

Medicallinks - Coping

    1. Stuck in the Dumps
    Arthritis Foundation


    2. Managing Your Stress
    Arthritis Foundation
    The University of Texas

 

Medicallinks - 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


  

Medicallinks - 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




Medicallinks - Disease Management

    1. Pain Center: Understanding Your Pain
    Arthritis Foundation


    2. How  to Care for Yourself
    Arthritis Foundation


    3. Managing  Your 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


HealthCheck Tools

    1. Hundreds  of Tools to use
    Mediline

Medical Links - 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 Musculoskeletaand 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


Medicallinks - RelatedIssues

    1. Marriage and Family
    Arthritis Foundation


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


    3. Questions  and 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 young 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
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    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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Medical links for Gout and Arthritis

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]

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Increased Coffee Consumption Linked To Decreased Risk Of Gout In Men Over Age 40
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]

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Savient Announces Completion Of Patient Enrollment In Phase 3 Trials Of Puricase® For Treatment-Failure Gout
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]

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It's The Heat And The Humidity: How Each Worsens Gout Symptoms
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]

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Extreme Pain Of Gout Is Detrimental To Quality Of Life & Work , New Poll Shows
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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Non-Profit Group Launches Educational Web Site For Gout Sufferers

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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]

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Gout Increases Risk Of Heart Attack, According To University Of Pittsburgh Study
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]

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Puricase, First New Drug Treatment Approach For Gout In 40 Years, Could Potentially Revolutionise Treatment For Some
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]

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Investigational drug Puricase(R) helps patients with gout, according to study results
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]

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Patient Dosing in Phase 2 Clinical Trial of Puricase for Severe Gout Completed
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]

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TAP Submits New Drug Application for Febuxostat for Hyperuricemia in Chronic Gout
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]

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