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This Gout & Uric Acid Research post is part of my ACR/ARHP Rheumatology 2008 review. I will summarize this vital gout information from rheumatologists from every quarter of the globe. If you are particularly interested in this gouty topic, please let me know in the gout forum.
Session: Fellows-in-Training Posters
Presentation: F17 – Gout Management [...]

Gout In Older Adults

Session: Epidemiology and Health Services Research: Crystal-Induced Arthritis, Osteoarthritis and Systemic Lupus
Presentation: 1357 – A Population Health Study Of Gout In Older Adults
Category: 31. Epidemiology and health services research
Author(s): John G. Hanly, Chris Skedgel, Ingrid Sketris, Kara Thomson, Charmaine Cooke, Sander Van Zanten. Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
Abstract:
Purpose: To determine the incidence, health [...]

Gout & GLUT9 Gene

Session: Crystal Associated Arthropathies
Presentation: 1943 – The GLUT9 Gene and Susceptibility to Gout in the New Zealand Population
Category: 14. Metabolic and crystal arthropathies
Author(s): Nicola Dalbeth1, Jade E. Hollis-Moffat2, Xin Xu2, Marilyn Merriman2, Peter Gow1, Andrew Harrison2, John Highton2, Peter B B Jones1, Lisa K. Stamp2, Tony Merriman2. 1University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand; [...]

Gout And Alcohol

Session: Epidemiology and Health Services Research: Crystal-Induced Arthritis, Osteoarthritis and Systemic Lupus
Presentation: 1359 – Risk of Gout Attacks: Does Type of Alcohol and Concomitant Purine Intake Matter?
Category: 31. Epidemiology and health services research
Author(s): T. Neogi, C. Chen, C. Chaisson, DJ Hunter, Y. Zhang. BUSM, Boston, MA
Abstract: Alcohol consumption is associated with risk for [...]

Hmong Gout Incidence

Session: Fellows-in-Training Posters
Presentation: F23 – Gout in the Hmong in US Presents at a Young Age and is More Severe Compared to Caucasian Controls
Category: 14. Metabolic and crystal arthropathies
Author(s): Salman Waheeduddin1, Kathleen Culhane-Pera2, Jasvinder A. Singh3, Elie Gertner4. 1University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN; 2West Side CHS, Saint Paul, MN; 3University of Minnesota, VAMC, [...]

Gout And Aspirin

Session: Epidemiology and Health Services Research: Novel Research Methods
Presentation: 2039 – Low-dose Aspirin Intake Increases Risk of Recurrent Gout Attacks: The Online Case-crossover Gout Study
Category: 31. Epidemiology and health services research
Author(s): Y. Zhang1, C. Chen1, T. Neogi1, C. Chaisson1, J. Niu1, R. Terkeltaub2, D. Hunter1. 1BUSM, Boston, MA; 2VA Medical Center, San Diego, [...]

Refractory Gout & Health-Related Quality-of-Life (HRQOL)

Session: Crystal Associated Arthropathies
Presentation: 25 – 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
Category: 14. Metabolic and crystal arthropathies
Author(s): Vibeke Strand1, Jasvinder A. Singh2, John Sundy3, H. Ralph Schumacher4, Michael Becker5, N. Lawrence Edwards6. [...]

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 [...]