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 a chronic disease with a genetic basis and is not the fault of the sufferer – the myth that gout is caused by lifestyle or diet needs to be busted. “This widespread myth causes shame in ...
A major international study has found gout is a chronic illness where genetics is a major cause, rather than lifestyle choices of the sufferer. A major international study has found gout is a ...
In a media release, he mentioned that the study busted the myth that gout has anything to do with poor lifestyle choices or poor diet – it is a condition with genetic influence. There is a ...
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".
Researchers say gout is hereditary and more prevalent in Māori. A major international study has found gout is a chronic illness where genetics is a major cause, rather than lifestyle choices of ...
"Gout is a chronic disease with a genetic basis and is not the fault of the sufferer - the myth that gout is caused by lifestyle or diet needs to be busted," Prof Merriman, of Otago’s Department of ...