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Tuesday, January 17, 2006 12:00 AM

Dick Cheney and the disease of kings

Does the vice president suffer from gout?
Tim Grieve

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  • Tuesday, January 17, 2006 03:21 PM

    Gout

    According to the New York Times, Vice President Cheney is taking medication for, among other things, gout:

    Mr. Cheney has been taking a long list of medications for a number of conditions, including heart disease and gout.

    The article is careful, however, to not say that he has the disease:

    Mr. Cheney had long suffered periodic pain in his heel, which has been diagnosed as tendonitis, and in his big toe, which has led to a murkier diagnosis: gout or osteoarthritis.

    See the full article at the following address:

    http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=health&res=9906EED81F30F933A25752C0A9609C8B63

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