Most frequently, when we think about folic acid we usually relate it to the need for pregnant women to ensure an adequate level of folic acid during their first trimester of pregnancy. However, with...

In early December of 2009, Ardea Biosciences, Inc. reported that the results were in on a one week trial that combined their product, RDEA594, with febuxostat. Ardea found that using the two medications together gave...

A recent study in the journal Arthritis Research and Therapy has shown that gout patients aren't taking their medications. Gout is caused by excessive blood levels of uric acid. When uric acid builds up, it crystallizes...

There's news for those who suffer from gout: The FDA has approved a gout treatment, already in use in Europe, that lowers uric acid blood levels. This is the first new drug on the U.S. market in...

A report published in March 2009 in the Archives of Internal Medicine states that men with a higher intake of vitamin C appear to have a lower incidence for developing gout, an excruciating form of arthritis....

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have discovered that bringing down levels of serum uric acid brought high blood pressure down to normal in teenagers. This study was designed to look into whether there...

Treatment for gout, a painful arthritic condition, involves lowering serum urate levels, which are always very high in gout patients. The irony is that high serum urate levels have been demonstrated as lowering the risk for Parkinson's disease...

More than half of all Americans consume 2 cups of coffee every day. Researchers have long debated the merits and demerits of the brew, believing that a cup o' Joe may impact on conditions...