News tagged with salt consumption


Researchers' new diagnostic test can identify each person's optimal salt intake

(Medical Xpress)—Researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have cut through conflicting advice about salt consumption by demonstrating that each person has a "personal salt index," an upper limit on daily ...

Health created May 01, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Mexico City tries to get salt shakers off tables

(AP)—Salt and lime with tequila. Salt with your iced "michelada" beer. Salt and chili on fruit and even candy. Mexicans love salt, so much so that some estimates show them eating nearly three times the ...

Health created Apr 11, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

America: Time to shake the salt habit?

The love affair between U.S. residents and salt is making us sick: high sodium intake increases blood pressure, and leads to higher rates of heart attack and strokes. Nonetheless, Americans continue to ingest far higher amounts ...

Health created Mar 28, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Circuitry of cells involved in immunity, autoimmune diseases exposed

New work from the Broad Institute's Klarman Cell Observatory, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard University, MIT, and Yale University expands the understanding of how one type of immune cell – known as a T helper 17 ...

Medical research created Mar 06, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study reviews risk factors for chronic disease in Vietnam

(HealthDay)—Risk factors for chronic disease seem to be common in Vietnam, and include high blood pressure, increasing overweight and obesity, tobacco and alcohol use, and inadequate fruit and vegetable ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Feb 04, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Medication beliefs strongly affect individuals' management of chronic diseases, expert says

(Medical Xpress)—Nearly half of patients taking medications for chronic conditions do not strictly follow their prescribed medication regimens. Failure to use medications as directed increases patients' risk for side effects, ...

Health created Oct 15, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cardiovascular disease community calls for tougher targets to curb global risk

Agreement by governments, by the end of 2012, on a set of ambitious global targets to curb the growing scourge of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), which includes cardiovascular disease (CVD; heart disease and stroke), is ...

Cardiology created Sep 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Oral contraceptive use in girls and alcohol consumption in boys are associated with increased blood pressure

Lifestyle behaviour in adolescents may adversely affect blood pressure and cardiovascular risk in adulthood, according to results from a large pregnancy follow-up study in Australia. In particular, alcohol consumption among ...

Cardiology created Jul 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Teens' lifestyle choices affect their blood pressure

(HealthDay) -- Teen girls who use birth control pills and teen boys who drink alcohol are at increased risk for elevated blood pressure, according to a new study.

Cardiology created Jul 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Industrial salt sold as food salt in Iceland for 13 years

Industrial salt not intended for human consumption has been sold in Iceland as food salt for 13 years by mistake, Icelandic officials said Tuesday.

Health created Jan 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Bath salts emerging as new recreational drugs

The use of bath salts as recreational drugs has greatly escalated in recent years. Researchers from the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma describe an incident of a man experiencing significant ...

Health created Oct 24, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1