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'Disease of Kings' Becomes Middle Class Scourge

Gout is not just for Henry VIII anymore

By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff

Posted Jun 13, 2009 10:28 AM CDT

(Newser) – It used to be called the “disease of kings” because only aristocrats could pig out enough to get it. But these days, gout, an extremely painful arthritis of the foot and other joints, is spreading like wildfire through America’s ever-widening middle class, the...   Read full story »

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