Lead poisoning and the gout connection
Recently, gout has inundated the business and health news. The big stories are about US Federal Drug Administration’s approvals of new uric acid lowering drugs for gout and hyperuricemia. Scientists at John Hopkins University also made the news claiming to have found the “gout gene.” Population studies indicate that there is an alarming worldwide increase of gout, and the pharmaceutical companies see a potential billion-dollar a year market in developing new uric acid lowering Read more