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Gout: Once the Disease of Kings is now the Painful Scourge of the West
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Activate your Defense against This "First-World" Malady photo: uric acid crystals causing painful gout attack "First-world" health problems are maladies that existed mostly in text books until the last 30-40 years. Health problems such as diabetes type II, irritable bowel syndrome including colitis and Crohn's Disease, and certain types of arthritis were rarely seen. Now, its estimated that more than half of the population over 25 in countries such as the U.S., Canada, Australia, and the U.K. has suffered from one of these health issues.One such "first-world" arthritis was once commonly called the "disease of kings" - known as Gout. Because in...