just over 15% of participants with gout for less than 10 years had tophaceous disease. Creatinine clearance was the major factor independently associated with early presentation with tophi.

Among individuals with gout, 94.3% received a physician diagnosis, 99.5% had experienced a flare, and 66.0% reported having a flare in the past 12 months. Tophi were reported among 18.8% of cases.

But after a couple of years of work, xMEMS has arrived at the next generation — ultrasound through a solid-state speaker. This tiny, 1mm-thin speaker is called Cypress, and after listening to it ...

The present study quantifies the impact of the presence of tophi and frequency of acute gout attacks on health-related quality of life (HRQOL), productivity, and healthcare resource utilization.

New treatments like dotinurad provide safer, more effective solutions for millions battling gout and hyperuricemia. When it comes to metabolic diseases, conditions like diabetes and hyperlipidemia ...

The device delivers ultrasound energy to the patient’s pancreas and generates localized heat of up to 100 degrees Celsius that destroys cancer cells in the organ. Other types of ultrasound waves ...

State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, School of Electronics and Information Technology; Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Display Material and Technology, Sun Yat-Sen ...

Background Gout is due to monosodium urate (MSU) crystal deposition after chronic hyperuricemia ... 4 spinal DECT were performed in asymptomatic patients with extended peripheral tophi. Spinal MSU ...

("Arthrosi") invested and incubated by VBI, is a late-stage biotechnology company developing potentially best-in-class, highly selective next generation URAT1 inhibitors to reduce serum urate levels, ...

Objective Macrophage activation by monosodium urate (MSU) and calcium pyrophosphate (CPP) crystals mediates an interleukin (IL)-1β-dependent inflammation during gout and pseudo-gout flare, ...

Gout Gout has ripped up the record books and earned inevitable comparisons with Usain Bolt. But after the teenage sprinter last month became a global sensation with his performances at the ...