High uric acid occurs when the body produces too much uric acid or fails to eliminate it properly. This buildup can lead to various health problems, including joint pain, inflammation, and kidney ...

If you ate too much on Thanksgiving, I might be the cause of the pain in your feet. What molecule am I? Uric acid is a purine derivative and an oxidative metabolic product of purine nucleotides in ...

Credit: istockphoto In addition to medications and diet, supplements may also play a supportive role in reducing uric acid levels. Uric acid in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) seems to be a ...

People with leukemia may have high levels of uric acid. If large numbers of cancer cells die rapidly, they release significant amounts of uric acid into the bloodstream, which the kidneys are unable ...

Arthritis Care Research News Alerts. 2007;57(5):816-821. High uric acid levels in the blood are a precursor of gout, the most common inflammatory arthritis in adult men. It is believed that coffee and ...

Among the multiple risk factors increasing mortality risk in patients on hemodialysis, serum uric acid has garnered much interest. The serum uric acid to creatinine ratio more accurately predicts ...