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Rheumatology Advance Access originally published online on July 20, 2004
Rheumatology 2004 43(10):1208-1209; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keh315
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Rheumatology Vol. 43 No. 10 © British Society for Rheumatology 2004; all rights reserved

Editorial

Gout and alcohol

M. Snaith

‘Fircliffe’, Whitworth Road, Darley Dale, Near Matlock, Derbyshire, UK

E-mail: michael@mikesnaith.demon.co.uk

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The title of this editorial is focused on alcohol. However, at least in the venal West, food and drink are inseparable. There has recently been a surge of interest in gout, diet and alcohol. Around Christmas 2003, several pieces appeared in the print and broadcast media. These appeared to be precipitated in part by the various public murmurings about binge-drinking and its threats to law and order. A common question from journalists was: ‘Since young women are increasingly indulging in binge-drinking, is there an epidemic of gout in young women?’. I could personally answer this with neither anecdote nor evidence. . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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