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Spot Urine Test: To Monitor Dietary Sodium Compliance In Liver Disease Patients?
August 12, 2009 — 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 ... > full story -
Epilepsy Halted In Mice
August 3, 2009 — Scientists have prevented epilepsy caused by a gene defect from being passed on to mice offspring -- an achievement which may herald new therapies for people suffering from the ... > full story -
Fresh Meats Often Contain Additives Harmful To Kidney Disease Patients
July 23, 2009 — Uncooked meat products enhanced with food additives may contain high levels of phosphorous and potassium that are not discernable from inspection of food labels, according to a new study. This can ... > full story -
Daily Potassium Citrate Wards Off Kidney Stones In Seizure Patients On High-Fat Diet
July 21, 2009 — Children on the high-fat ketogenic diet to control epileptic seizures can prevent the excruciatingly painful kidney stones that the diet can sometimes cause if they take a daily supplement of ... > full story -
Anti-Epilepsy Drug Risk On Cognitive Function For Unborn Children
July 21, 2009 — Interim results of a new study suggest that children aged three years and younger, who are born to women taking the anti-epileptic drug sodium valproate whilst pregnant, are likely to have an IQ of ... > full story -
Baking Soda: For Cooking, Cleaning, And Kidney Health?
July 16, 2009 — A daily dose of sodium bicarbonate -- baking soda, already used for baking, cleaning, acid indigestion, sunburn and more -- slows the decline of kidney function in some patients with advanced chronic ... > full story -
Clocking Salt Levels In The Blood: Link Between The Circadian Rhythm And Salt Balance
July 1, 2009 — New research suggests a link between the circadian rhythm and control of sodium (salt) levels in the blood of mice. Specifically, the circadian clock protein Period 1 was found to function downstream ... > full story -
Salt Finding From NASA's Cassini Hints At Ocean Within Saturn Moon
June 24, 2009 — For the first time, scientists working on NASA's Cassini mission have detected sodium salts in ice grains of Saturn's outermost ring. Detecting salty ice indicates that Saturn's moon Enceladus, which ... > full story -
Jets On Saturn's Moon Enceladus Not Geysers From Underground Ocean, One Group Of Researchers Say
June 24, 2009 — Water vapor jets that spew from the surface of Saturn's icy moon Enceladus are not really geysers from an underground ocean as initially envisioned by planetary scientists, according to a new ... > full story -
Artificial Sweeteners May Contaminate Water Downstream Of Sewage Treatment Plants And Even Drinking Water
June 17, 2009 — Sewage treatment plants fail to remove artificial sweeteners completely from waste water. What's more, these pollutants contaminate waters downstream and may still be present in our drinking water. ... > full story
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