Persistent fatigue despite eating well may stem from fructose metabolism blocking cellular energy production, not your food ...

A decade ago, high uric acid was often seen as a condition linked with ageing. Doctors usually diagnosed gout or uric acid kidney stones in people above 50. Today the pattern looks different. Clinics ...

Many people associate high uric acid with heavy meals, red meat, or alcohol. So when a routine blood test suddenly shows elevated levels despite a steady diet, the result can feel confusing. Uric acid ...

Gout is a painful form of arthritis caused by a buildup of uric acid in the blood, which can cause sharp crystal deposits to form in the joints. A flare often begins suddenly, causing redness, ...

Researchers have resurrected an ancient gene humans lost tens of millions of years ago — and it may offer a powerful new way to fight gout and related metabolic diseases. Credit: Shutterstock Gout is ...

When uric acid levels become too high in humans, the crystals can collect in the joints, leading to gout, or form in the urinary tract as kidney stones. To understand how reptiles manage to excrete ...

Unless you’ve owned reptiles, you might not know that many of them “pee” crystals. Researchers publishing in the Journal of the American Chemical Society investigated the solid urine of more than 20 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Gout is the most common form of inflammatory arthritis, according to the Arthritis Foundation. It’s when uric acid (urate) in the bloodstream forms needle-like crystals that collect in tissues and ...

Uric acid is a waste product formed when the body breaks down substances called purines. While uric acid should exit through urine, it can sometimes build up in the blood and pass into the kidneys.

A Mediterranean-inspired plant-based diet improved self-reported measures of gout as well as uric acid levels, a pilot study has found. Some foods are considered to be proinflammatory and generally ...