The Latest Breaking News from Gout

Alcohol is estimated to be ­responsible for about three million deaths worldwide each year, and while the harmful effects of heavy drinking for certain diseases are well known, what are the other likely conditions?

In a new study, alcohol consumption has been linked to an increased risk of diseases, such as gout and cataract, that were never considered to be alcohol-related before

Alan Pender has told how he taken up a "pure cheese" diet and shunned most carbohydrate products which has seen him lose four and half stone - although he jokes gout could be a problem in the future

Doctors are keeping Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha in hospital overnight for observation after finding an abnormality while examining his swollen right hand on Saturday.

Famed for cursing the rich and wealthy, experts have claimed that more sex could help tackle symptoms of gout, and 'improving gout management results in better sexual health'.

Jay Gorania faked doctors' letters to ensure he stayed off work on full pay for three months as he carried on with his secret second job but the game was up after he was caught enjoying five-a-side

Letters: The risk of getting gout has a lot to do with our genes and little to do with diet, says GP Ayo Ajanaku. Plus, sufferers Kevin Hughes and Jared West on drugs that have helped them

Paul Barraclough weighed 22 stone and was taking 20 tablets a day to treat several different health conditions - including type 2 diabetes, hypertension and gout - when he decided enough was enough

Overnight, a golf ball-sized lump appeared on my toe – and all sorts of delicious things had to disappear from my diet, says writer Daniel Lavelle

Diseases that would have been familiar to author Charles Dickens and that killed thousands of people in Victorian Britain have been found to be on the rise again in modern Britain

Cases of gout have risen 20% in the last three years as just one 'Victorian' disease making a comeback