A high intake of meat, seafood, and other foods that contain purines can lead to high uric acid levels, but there are other causes. These include health conditions that affect purine metabolism, ...

Uric acid tends to spike after festivals and holidays because that’s when most people hit the perfect “storm” of high‑purine foods, sugary drinks, alcohol, and low movement, all of which push uric ...

High uric acid levels can lead to conditions like gout and kidney disease. Hyperuricemia itself is not a disease but may ...

A high uric acid level (above 6.8 mg/dL) is considered hyperuricemia. This can lead to gout and make your blood and urine too acidic. Learn about conditions and factors that can cause uric acid to ...

Thyroid imbalance may silently affect uric acid levels, increasing the risk of gout and kidney problems. Here’s how hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism are connected.

When you think of arthritis, achy, warm, swollen joints probably come to mind. These are indeed some of the most common symptoms of arthritis. But did you know there are actually over 100 different ...

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 individuals aged 15-34 years with newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes (T1D), plasma uric acid levels were significantly higher in those who later developed diabetes-related complications and were ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Elevated serum uric acid levels may be a marker for an increased risk of erectile dysfunction (ED), Iranian researchers reported at the American Urological Association 2011 annual ...