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The Gout & Uric Acid Education Society (GUAES) is committed to raising public awareness about gout and arming patients, like you, with resources to help you better understand gout diagnosis and treatment.
The New Year is a time to start on the right foot and take steps to better manage gout with the right treatment plan. Once you are diagnosed with gout, medications can help you manage pain and lower your uric acid for the long term.Your lifestyle choices can also make a difference in keeping future gout attacks at bay. "The Gout Song" summarizes some of the healthy habits patients who are at risk or who have gout can engage in to reduce their risk for the disease and other serious health issues.
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On January 17 and January 19 we celebrate two influential people in history - Benjamin Franklin, one of our founding fathers, and Martin Luther King Jr., an American civil rights leader. The two men are famous for very different accomplishments, but not many people know that both shared a common struggle - gout.
Although history has associated gout with that of a stout, rich man, today we know this stereotype is far from the truth. Gout can affect anyone at any time - with certain risk factors increasing a person's risk.
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