Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine found that people suffering with gout are at an increased risk of a heart attack.

Researchers says that they have conclusive evidence that the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V suffered from a terrible case of gout, and it was that ailment that most likely caused his abdication. The news comes after an examination of a well preserved finger, kept since the Emperor's death in 1558....

AP - Olivene Robbins swears a daily glass of concentrated tart cherry juice cured her painful gout. "It's almost like a miracle to me," says the 69-year-old resident of Hickory, N.C.