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Reducing Sodium in U.S. May Save Hundreds of Thousands of Lives Over 10 Years
February 11, 2013 — Less sodium in the U.S. diet could save 280,000 to 500,000 lives over 10 years, according to new research in the American Heart Association journal ... > full story -
New Insights Into the Mechanics of Muscle Fatigue
January 17, 2013 — A new study examines the consequences of muscle activity with surprising results, indicating that the extracellular accumulation of potassium that occurs in working muscles is considerably higher ... > full story -
Simulated Mars Mission Reveals Body's Sodium Rhythms
January 8, 2013 — Researchers report that -- in contrast to the prevailing dogma -- sodium levels fluctuate rhythmically with 7-day and monthly cycles. The findings, which demonstrate that sodium is stored in the ... > full story -
Origin of Life: Hypothesis Traces First Protocells Back to Emergence of Cell Membrane Bioenergetics
December 20, 2012 — A coherent pathway -- which starts from no more than rocks, water and carbon dioxide and leads to the emergence of the strange bio-energetic properties of living cells -- has been traced for the ... > full story -
High Hormone Levels Put Young Black Males at Risk for Cardiovascular Disease
December 7, 2012 — Increased levels of the hormone aldosterone in young black males correlate with an unhealthy chain of events that starts with retaining too much salt and results in an enlarged heart muscle, ... > full story -
'Chill-Coma' Recovery: Cold Cricket Case Could Defrost Mysteries of Changing Climate
November 28, 2012 — Biologists have discovered that insects recover from chill-coma by getting water and salt back where it belongs. These findings not only identify the very mechanisms that drive insect movement at low ... > full story -
New Studies Reinforce American Heart Association's Stand on Limiting Sodium
November 2, 2012 — New studies reinforce the American Heart Association's recommendation to limit daily sodium (salt) intake to less than 1,500 milligrams. Suggestions by some groups that healthy people can consume ... > full story -
Far from Random, Evolution Follows a Predictable Genetic Pattern
October 25, 2012 — Research suggests that knowledge of a species' genes -- and how certain external conditions affect the proteins encoded by those genes -- could be used to determine a predictable evolutionary pattern ... > full story -
Study to Identify Levels of Sucralose in Erie Beach Waters
October 23, 2012 — Researchers continue to investigate the presence of potentially harmful chemicals in the beach waters of Presque Isle State Park and have added a new one to their list: ... > full story -
Salt Power: Watt's Next in Rechargeable Batteries?
October 18, 2012 — Sodium could be an effective, inexpensive and virtually inexhaustible substitute for lithium, but it has a drawback that researchers hope to ... > full story
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