Anybody who suffers from gout has probably been lectured about overindulgence. You eat too much! You drink too much! But what if that isn't it?
From ScienceAlert: Massive Study Reveals Where Gout Comes From, And It's Not What We Thought.
By comparing the genetic codes of people with the condition to those of people without, the team found 377 specific DNA regions where there were variations linked to gout – 149 of which hadn't been associated with the disease before.