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Joshua Baker, MD, MSCE

Dr. Baker is an Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology in the Division of Rheumatology at the University of Pennsylvania. He is also a staff physician and researcher at the Corporal Michael J Crescenz Veterans Affairs Medical Center. His research interests include body composition, metabolic health, diseases activity assessments and disease progression among patients with rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, and gout.

Articles By Joshua Baker, MD, MSCE

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Uric Acid: Is Lower Better?

Lowering serum urate and urate crystals in the body is indispensable for long-term management of gout. The pathophysiology is simple and powerful: no urate crystals, no gout flares.

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