Some foods and drinks like watermelon, coffee and tea can help flush out excess fluid. Natural diuretics work by reducing sodium, which pulls water out of the body with it. Too much fluid can be ...

High blood pressure, also known as hypertension, is a common health issue, affecting nearly half of adults in the United States (48%). When an individual is diagnosed with high blood pressure, one of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Eight weeks of dietary salt restriction and diuretic intervention did not lower skin or muscle sodium in ...

The Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet emphasizes portion size, eating a variety of foods, and reducing sodium intake, while increasing potassium, calcium, and magnesium. While the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In a cross-sectional analysis, researchers examined 176,448 adults receiving center-based maintenance ...

Finerenone, a nonsteroidal mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist, demonstrated consistent efficacy and safety regardless of diuretic type or dose and reduced overall diuretic requirements in patients ...

One in 10 adolescent girls are estimated to have used diet pills, laxatives or diuretics in their lifetime, according to a new study. The study, published Wednesday in the journal JAMA Pediatrics, ...

Finerenone reduced heart failure events and cardiovascular deaths in patients with HFmrEF or HFpEF when used with diuretics. The study found finerenone reduced hypokalemia risk but increased ...

Uncertainty regarding diuretic efficacy and optimal dosing in hemodialysis likely contributes to practice variation, according to investigators. A new study finds “substantial” variation in oral ...