Gout currently affects about 9 million adults in the U.S., making it one of the less common chronic diseases today. But the condition has dogged the human race for a long time.^1,2 

It’s been observed in 4,000-year-old mummies from Egypt.² 

And it seems to have been first...

The kidney is the most in-demand organ in the U.S — almost 90 percent of Americans on the national transplant waiting list are waiting for one. These people have end-stage chronic kidney disease (CKD).^1,2 

CKD affects 37 million individuals in the country. It’s especially common...