Whenever you eat something, your body absorbs the things it needs, such as proteins and vitamins, and sends away the waste. One of those waste products is uric acid. It’s formed when your body breaks ...

You may soon be able to check your blood's uric acid level while sitting in the comfort of your own home! One may no longer have go to a pathology laboratory or give a blood sample for the diagnosis.

Your kidneys filter the uric acid in your body, and it leaves in the urine. Blood tests for uric acid measure this level and can determine if your levels are high, low, or typical. A uric acid blood ...