Can your morning coffee prevent gout?
Coffee is drunk in vast quantities around the world. Mounting evidence points to many health benefits, including preventing gout. How much should you drink, and will your genes get in the way?
Author: The Pocket Doctors
How gout attacks lead to heart attacks
Not only are gout flares excruciatingly painful and highly disruptive, they also seem to increase the chances of you having a heart attack or stroke over the next few months. After reviewing the case files of more than sixty-two thousand British gout patients, researchers found that those who had suffered a heart attack were twice as likely to have had a gout flare-up in the preceding two months.
How The Pocket Doctor began
A young doctor stands confused as a busy mechanic explains what’s wrong with his car. The doctor doesn’t say much; he doesn’t want to sound stupid. He’s struck with a dawning realisation that many of his patients must feel the same. It was a transformative moment for Ben Jones, a junior doctor at a busy city teaching hospital. How he communicated with patients would never be the same again.
This, and other experiences, would ultimately lead to the birth of The Pocket Doctor.