News tagged with sodium excretion
Family partnership, education interventions lower heart failure patients' salt consumption
Nov 17, 2009 |
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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 ...
Spot urine test: To monitor dietary sodium compliance in liver disease patients?
Aug 12, 2009 |
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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 ...
Athletes' 'sweat and tears' linked to asthma
Sep 08, 2008 |
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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 ...
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Low-sodium advice for asthmatics should be taken with a grain of salt
Jul 15, 2008 |
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Following a low-sodium diet does not appear to have any appreciable impact of asthma control as once thought, according to new research.
Researchers may have found why women have an edge on salt-sensitive hypertension
Jan 28, 2009 |
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Researchers may have found why women have an edge in keeping a healthier balance between the amount of salt they eat and excrete - at least before reaching menopause.
System that regulates blood pressure is amiss in some healthy, young blacks
May 08, 2009 |
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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.
IgM in urine acts as prognostic indicator in diabetes
Aug 04, 2009 |
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A marker of the likely course of diabetic nephropathy (DN) has been found. An 18-year study, published in the open access journal BMC Medicine, has shown that Immunoglobulin M (IgM) is a reliable predictor of cardiovascular compli ...
New Evidence Shakes up Perceptions of Salt
Oct 15, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- As the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans are currently under development and regulations surrounding sodium consumption are being considered, an analysis of evidence to be released online ...
Canadians finding it tough to shake the salt habit
Nov 17, 2009 |
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Canadians know that too much salt isn't good for their diets, but half still continue to shake it on, according to a new study by University of Alberta researchers.
Calcium and vitamin D may not be the only protection against bone loss
Dec 03, 2008 |
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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 ...
Vitamin B1 could reverse early-stage kidney disease in diabetes patients
Dec 08, 2008 |
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Researchers at the University of Warwick have discovered high doses of thiamine – vitamin B1 – can reverse the onset of early diabetic kidney disease.
Study identifies causes of bone loss in breast cancer survivors
Nov 19, 2008 |
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Osteoporosis is a growing concern among breast cancer survivors and their doctors, because certain cancer drugs can cause bone loss.
Clocking salt levels in the blood: A link between the circadian rhythm and salt balance
Jul 01, 2009 |
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New research, conducted by Charles Wingo and his colleagues, at the University of Florida, Gainsville, suggests a link between the circadian rhythm and control of sodium (salt) levels in mice.
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