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Tomatoes are low in purines, yet one in five people with gout blames them for flares. Here is what the research actually found.

A step-by-step, research-backed plan for sleeping through a gout flare at night, from early medication and elevation to the ice trick that actually has data behind it.

If your dad or your uncle battles gout, you’ve probably wondered whether your own number is already up. Maybe you’ve even looked at your kid and felt a twinge of worry. Here’s the honest answer in one sentence: gout does run in families, but what you inherit is a tendency, not a sentence. Let me … Read more

You woke up at 3 a.m., and your big toe has staged a full protest. It’s swollen. It’s red. Even the bedsheet feels like a weapon. Is this a gout attack, or has that bump you’ve been ignoring for years finally turned nasty? Here’s the short version: if the pain went from nothing to “call … Read more

A swollen, hot elbow with no injury behind it can be gout. Here is how elbow gout feels, how to tell it from olecranon bursitis or infection, and what calms it down.

A swollen, painful knee with no injury can be gout. Here is how it differs from a meniscus tear or infection, what settles it, and when the joint needs to be aspirated.