The media reports that colchicine, a very old drug, has now been discovered to reduce the risk of recurrent heart disease and has a new FDA indication. Of course, the “discovery” has taken 10 years, ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I’m a 78-year-old man with a stent and a blockage in one of the arteries to my heart. I am on a low-fat diet and take ramipril for cholesterol. My levels are very good (total ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . More than 25% of patients with gout who use colchicine prophylaxis were on potentially interacting medications.

An anti-inflammatory drug that has been around for over 2,000 years might help delay a very modern problem: hip and knee replacements. That's the suggestion of a new study finding that older adults ...

The drug colchicine may reduce cardiovascular outcomes among patients with gout, based on a range of retrospective data that suggest improved outcomes and mechanistic connections between gout and ...