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Family partnership, education interventions lower heart failure patients' salt consumption

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Educating family members of heart failure (HF) patients about the health benefits of consuming a low-salt diet and providing skills for support and communication can effectively reduce HF patients' sodium consumption, according ...


Traces of pharmaceuticals found in central Indiana waterways

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Pharmaceuticals have been found in freshwater ecosystems in rural areas of central Indiana, says a new study from Ball State University.


Spot urine test: To monitor dietary sodium compliance in liver disease patients?

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Aug 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Most patients with ascites caused by liver cirrhosis are treated with diuretics in addition to dietary sodium restriction. This creates a negative nitrogen balance and promotes mobilization of ascites. Lack of response can ...


Wastewater used to map illicit drug use

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Jul 15, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 3

A team of researchers has mapped patterns of illicit drug use across the state of Oregon using a method of sampling municipal wastewater before it is treated.


System that regulates blood pressure is amiss in some healthy, young blacks

System that regulates blood pressure is amiss in some healthy, young blacks

Medicine & Health / Research

created May 08, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

When stress increases blood pressure, a natural mechanism designed to bring it down by excreting more salt in the urine doesn't work well in about one-third of healthy, black adolescents, researchers report.


Vitamin B1 could reverse early-stage kidney disease in diabetes patients

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 08, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Researchers at the University of Warwick have discovered high doses of thiamine – vitamin B1 – can reverse the onset of early diabetic kidney disease.


Calcium and vitamin D may not be the only protection against bone loss

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 03, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (10) | comments 0

Diets that are high in protein and cereal grains produce an excess of acid in the body which may increase calcium excretion and weaken bones, according to a new study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of ...


Athletes' 'sweat and tears' linked to asthma

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Sep 08, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 1

An athlete's ability to sweat may do more than keep the body cool. It also may prevent the development of exercise-induced asthma (EIA), a common respiratory condition among trained athletes. New research appearing in the ...


High levels of urinary albumin in the normal range predict hypertension

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 25, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Healthy individuals with higher levels of albumin excretion, even levels considered normal, are at increased risk of developing hypertension (high blood pressure), according to a study appearing in the October 2008 issue ...