Jul 26, 2021
Taxonomic variations in the gut microbiome of patients with gout with and without tophi might have a functional impact on urate metabolism, according to a study published in Molecular Medicine. To evaluate the taxonomic composi-...
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Signs of wear observed at the upper, midsole, and outsole in worn footwear after 6 months may affect forefoot loading patterns in people with gout, according to a study published in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders. With prior re-...
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In Silicon Valley, the concept of friction is the idea that you must remove every bit of inconvenience or work that gets in the way of a digital interaction. It’s about making things as easy as possible to get done. I’ve been...
Read MoreMay 31, 2021
When compared with patients without gout or those with gout but in the intercritical period, patients with gout flare have significantly higher median levels of cadmium and lead in both the blood and urine, indicating that the...
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Rates of in-hospital cardiac procedures continued to increase in people with gout and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) from 1998-2014, although they decreased for the general population, according to a study published in Therapeutic...
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“Gout is the most common type of inflammatory arthritis, yet it is a predominantly male disease,” explains Ritch te Kampe, PhD, MSc. “Despite an increasing prevalence of gout in the aging female population, most studies are...
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During a recent PW Podcast episode, we spoke with Ateev Mehrotra, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Health Care Policy at Harvard Medical School; and Associate Professor of Medicine and Hospitalist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical...
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A s a palliative care doctor in NYC during the beginning of the pandemic, my typical greeting response of “I’m fine” was speedily replaced with “I’m hanging in there.” It seemed slightly less false (because who’s really “fine”...
Read MoreMar 1, 2021
A patient made a completely baseless complaint about me to the state medical board. The complaint was rapidly dismissed by the board after it requested and reviewed the relevant parts of her records. But the patient told many...
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