Gout News From Medical News TodayLatest Gout News From Medical News Today.Early Clues To Diabetic Kidney Disease May Be Provided By Uric Acid In The Blood- March 19, 2008 For patients with type 1 diabetes, increased levels of uric acid in the blood may be an early sign of diabetic kidney disease - appearing before any significant change in urine albumin level, the standard screening test, reports a study in the May 2008 issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. The results raise the possibility that treatments to reduce uric acid might slow the decline of renal function in patients with diabetes.http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/101082.php Gout Risk Linked To Genes- March 10, 2008 A study led by a team of scientists in Scotland suggests that genes may play a part in increasing one's risk of developing gout, a painful condition that affects the joints. The study is published in the 9 March online issue of Nature Genetics and is the work of researchers based at the MRC Human Genetics Unit, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, and colleagues from other research centres in the UK and also in Croatia and Germany.http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/100073.php |