Rheumatology Meeting 2008

The annual Scientific Meeting from the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) and the Association of Rheumatology Health Professionals (ARHP) took place last week.

A lot of gout research was presented at the meeting, and I aim to review it over the next few weeks.

The following few posts are details of what was discussed. This is going to take a day or two to compile, as there is a lot of research presented at these meetings.

Once I’ve summarized all the sessions, I’ll start to review the results and prepare a proper analysis aimed at the layman.

Stayed tuned for lots of new gout information. Please let me know if anything interests you, and I will prioritize my review schedule accordingly. You can comment below, or in the gout forum.

ACR/ARHP 2008 Summary

Gout & GLUT9 Gene
The GLUT9 Gene and Susceptibility to Gout in the New Zealand Population

Gout And Alcohol
Risk of Gout Attacks: Does Type of Alcohol and Concomitant Purine Intake Matter?

Hmong Gout Incidence
Gout in the Hmong in US Presents at a Young Age and is More Severe Compared to Caucasian Controls

Gout And Aspirin
Low-dose Aspirin Intake Increases Risk of Recurrent Gout Attacks: The Online Case-crossover Gout Study

Refractory Gout & Health-Related Quality-of-Life (HRQOL)
Health-Related Quality-of-Life (HRQOL) of Patients with Refractory Gout (Refractory-Gout) and US Veterans Administration Patients with Gout+Comorbities (VA-Gout) is Poor, and Comparable to that in other Severe Chronic Conditions

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