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High levels of uric acid are typically associated with gout, the painful condition that afflicted King Louis XVIII of France...
...group of researchers have discovered that high levels of uric acid may actually have a beneficial effect on Parkinson’s disease, a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by impairments in motor ability and speech...
...Schwarzschild added that their positive results should not overshadow the fact that high levels of uric acid can produce negative outcomes, including gout, kidney stones, and possibly cardiovascular disease...
...becoming the leading additive in diet colas. In 1995 and 1996, misinformation about aspartame that linked the chemical to everything from multiple sclerosis to Gulf War syndrome was widely disseminated on the Internet. While aspartame does adversely effect some people - including those who are unable to metabolize the amino acid phenylalanine - it has been tested more than 200 times, and each test has confirmed that your Diet Coke is safe to drink. Nor have any health risks been detected in more than 100 clinical tests of sucralose, a chemically altered sugar molecule found in food, drinks, chewing gum and Splenda...
...hour-long musical comedy Glee, about a misfit show choir at an Ohio high school, has a different set of dramatic inspirations: High School Musical and teen soaps, which it throws in a blender with a squirt of pop-candy syrup and a generous dose of acid. But Glee is more than a send-up. Like its Fox sibling American Idol, it's equal parts laughing at and thrilling with; if it didn't also genuinely, earnestly love its music and its characters, it would become sour and unwatchable quick. Seeing a football team do a choreographed play to Beyonc...