Factors that may cause a high uric acid level in your blood include: Diuretic medications (water pills) Drinking too much alcohol. Genetics (inherited tendencies) Hypothyroidism (underactive thyroid) Immune-suppressing drugs. Niacin, or vitamin B-3. Obesity.
Because the truth is that Drew Magary is the blogger for people who don't like anything, especially forming their own opinions. In this latest spewing of vitriol, Magary comes across, at worst, a meathead (Brady Quinn in a homoerotic pose!!) or, at best, Rick Reilly with better jokes (and swears in all CAPS!).
Charles Drew was an African-American surgeon who pioneered methods of storing blood plasma for transfusion and organized the first large-scale blood bank in the U.S. Who Was Charles Drew? Charles Richard Drew was born on June 3, 1904, in Washington, D.C. He was an African-American physician who developed ways to process and store blood plasma in blood banks..