Explaining gout in terms of biology, not lifestyle, may improve treatment uptake

Emphasizing how biological factors, rather than lifestyle choices, cause gout can impact patients’ opinions on long-term treatment and improve medication uptake, according to data published in Arthritis Care & Research. “Gout is the most common cause of inflammatory arthritis in adults,” Rachel Murdoch, MBChB, of the University of Aukland, in New Zealand, and colleagues