News tagged with potassium levels
Reducing salt and increasing potassium will have major global health benefits
Cutting down on salt and, at the same time, increasing levels of potassium in our diet will have major health and cost benefits across the world, according to studies published in BMJ today.
Health
Apr 04, 2013 |
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Scientists study how to reduce salt, but not flavor, in cheese
From soup to nuts, supermarket shelves teem with products trumpeting their reduced-salt status. Not in the cheese cooler, though.
Health
Dec 24, 2012 |
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Lethal stings from the Australian box jellyfish could be treated with zinc
Box jellyfish of the Chironex species are among the most venomous animals in the world, capable of killing humans with their sting. Their venom, though, which kills by rapidly punching holes in human red bl ...
Medical research
Dec 12, 2012 |
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Advancing understanding of treatment through clinical trials
Three late-breaking studies presented during the American Society of Nephrology's Annual Kidney Week provide new information on drugs being tested in patients with diabetes or kidney disease.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nov 04, 2012 |
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In pilot study, a peptide controls blood sugar in people with congenital hyperinsulinism
A pilot study in adolescents and adults has found that an investigational drug shows promise as the first potential medical treatment for children with the severest type of congenital hyperinsulinism, a rare but potentially ...
Diabetes
Aug 01, 2012 |
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Study evaluates blood potassium levels after heart attack and risk of in-hospital mortality
Patients hospitalized after a heart attack who had blood potassium levels of between 3.5 and less than 4.5 mEq/L (milliEquivalents per liter) had a lower risk of death than patients with potassium levels that were higher ...
Cardiology
Jan 10, 2012 |
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