A uric acid test measures the amount of uric acid in your blood or urine to detect hyperuricemia. A uric acid test can help diagnose gout and determine if uric acid is the cause of your kidney stones.

Uric acid is a metabolic waste product that is created by the breakdown of chemical compounds called purines in the human body. If the level of uric acid becomes higher than the normal amount in an ...

kidney cross section For National Kidney Month, Richard J. Johnson, MD, discusses the association between uric acid levels and risk for chronic kidney disease among patients with gout. Gout is ...

High levels of uric acid in midlife may significantly raise the risk for a serious type of irregular heartbeat in the decades that follow, even in people without traditional risk factors, new research ...