Medically reviewed by Laura Campedelli, DPT Key Takeaways Hinge joints move in one direction, like doors, and are in knees, ...

Staying hydrated is crucial for managing uric acid levels and preventing issues like kidney stones. Experts recommend 2.5 to ...

Crystals "peed" by snakes could hold the key to treating kidney stones and gout in humans, say scientists. Researchers ...

Researchers in Purdue University’s College of Engineering have invented and are developing noninvasive medical devices to make the monitoring and treatment of certain physiological and psychological ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In migraine patients, treatment with the drug topiramate (sold as Topamax) may result in increasing blood levels of uric acid, a study shows. Some research has linked high ...

Indiana University School of Medicine researchers and their collaborators in Uganda at the Makerere University School of Medicine have uncovered a significant connection between elevated uric acid ...

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 ...

Uric acid builds up in the blood when the body cannot excrete it efficiently, leading to painful gout attacks, kidney stones, and other complications. Current treatments often rely on drugs that block ...

Researchers recently discovered that patients with Parkinson's disease exhibit lower levels of uric acid and impaired energy recycling. It challenges previous beliefs about uric acid's role in the ...

Researchers have uncovered a significant connection between elevated uric acid levels and life-threatening outcomes in children with severe malaria. Indiana University School of Medicine researchers ...