Gout treatment may help prevent obesity-related type 2 diabetes, suggests small NIH study

(NIH/Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development) The drug colchicine, used to treat the arthritic condition gout, could potentially reduce complications accompanying metabolic syndrome, a combination of high blood pressure, high blood sugar and other conditions that increase the risk of heart disease and type 2 diabetes, according to researchers at the National Institutes of Health.
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