High uric acid, or hyperuricemia, quietly affects countless people-and often sparks painful gout attacks or kidney troubles ...

High uric acid levels can silently damage joints and kidneys if ignored. Knowing which foods worsen the condition can help prevent painful flare-ups.

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Uric acid is mostly blamed only for painful gout attacks, but its story doesn’t end there. There’s growing concern about how unchecked uric acid levels might quietly hurt kidney health over time. It’s ...

A uric acid test measures the amount of uric acid in the body. Uric acid is a chemical that’s produced when your body breaks down purines. Purines are compounds that enter the bloodstream during the ...

kidney cross section For National Kidney Month, Richard J. Johnson, MD, discusses the association between uric acid levels and risk for chronic kidney disease among patients with gout. Gout is ...

Our body discards many types of waste products like water in the form of sweat or carbon dioxide while exhaling. Out of these, the two main waste products are urea and uric acid, which get expelled ...

Both high and low levels of uric acid were linked with increased risks of death, showing a U-shaped association between serum uric acid levels and all-cause, cardiovascular, and cancer mortality, ...

Interest has been renewed over the role of uric acid in the pathogenesis of hypertension, endothelial dysfunction and renal dysfunction, which are all features of pre-eclampsia. Uric acid is not a ...

Gout is a painful condition that impacts your joints. Treatment focuses on quickly easing pain and inflammation and avoiding future gout attacks. (Photo Credit: Creatas/Getty Images) The good news ...