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"By lowering uric acid, we could potentially prevent multiple diseases at once."
From Science Daily • Nov. 14, 2025
Research highlighted in the journal Hypertension has linked elevated uric acid to hypertension and cardiovascular disease, and the risks have been compared to those of high cholesterol.
From Science Daily • Nov. 14, 2025
Although more research is needed, these findings suggest that the chemistry behind reptile waste could eventually help scientists develop better treatments for uric acid-related diseases.
From Science Daily • Oct. 25, 2025
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.
From Science Daily • Oct. 25, 2025
After uric acid there came for a time the theory of an excess of lithic acid, the so-called lithemia or American disease of a few years ago.
From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)
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