Archive for February, 2006

77 year old Gout Sufferer climbs Empire State

Monday, February 27th, 2006

PittsburghLIVE! is running a story on a very determined man named Bob Eazor.
When Eazor - who is now 77 - was in his thirties he was diagnosed with Gout and told he would be on medication for the rest of his life. At that moment, Bob decided to make a major life change, and […]

Blackberries: A Historical Folk Remedy for Gout

Tuesday, February 7th, 2006

Gout has been around longer than humankind. Medical pathologists have seen evidence of Gout in dinosaur fossils, according to some sources. Even vultures are known to suffer from the effects of “the Gout“.
Romans coined the term Podagra (from “pod”, meaning foot, and “agra” which roughly translates to “trap”), but even in the prior era of […]

Savient’s Puricase: a plan for untreatable Gout

Wednesday, February 1st, 2006

Savient Pharmaceuticals has issued a press release (1/31/06) regarding their status on the NASDAQ stock exchange. Buried in that release is the revelation of what they consider to be a very promising med currently under development.
From the release:
The Company’s lead product development candidate, Puricase(R), for the treatment of refractory gout has reported positive […]