Living-Donor Liver Transplant Tied to Substantial Survival Benefit Living-Donor Liver Transplant Tied to Substantial Survival Benefit
The benefit was even significant at Model for End-Stage Liver Disease-Sodium scores as low as 11.MDedge News (Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines)
Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines - September 2, 2022 Category: Transplant Surgery Tags: Gastroenterology News Source Type: news

SGLT2 Inhibitors Benefit Broad Range of Heart Failure Patients
FRIDAY, Sept. 2, 2022 -- Sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors cut the risk for cardiovascular death and hospitalization for heart failure in patients with heart failure, regardless of ejection fraction, according to a study published... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - September 2, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

A Baby Hadn ’t Gained Any Weight in Months. Why Was It Failing to Thrive?
The 5-month-old boy ’s blood sodium levels were dangerously high. The parents were desperate for answers. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - September 2, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Lisa Sanders, M.D. Tags: Babies and Infants Genetics and Heredity Salt Kidneys Breastfeeding Infant Formulas Source Type: news

SGLT2 Inhibitors Lower NAFLD, HCC Risks Over DPP4i SGLT2 Inhibitors Lower NAFLD, HCC Risks Over DPP4i
Sodium glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2is) lowered the risk of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and hapatocellular carcinoma versus dipeptidyl-peptidase-4 inhibitors (DPP4is).First Look (Source: Medscape Diabetes Headlines)
Source: Medscape Diabetes Headlines - September 1, 2022 Category: Endocrinology Tags: Diabetes & Endocrinology News Source Type: news

A Baby ’s Blood Sodium Levels Were Dangerously High. What Was the Cause?
The 5-month-old boy hadn ’t gained any weight in three months. Why was he ‘failing to thrive’? (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - September 1, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Lisa Sanders, M.D. Tags: Babies and Infants Genetics and Heredity Salt Kidneys Breastfeeding Infant Formulas Source Type: news

High Blood Pressure and Diabetes Are Linked. Here ’ s How to Reduce Your Risk for Both
High blood pressure—also known as hypertension—and Type 2 diabetes are two of the most common medical conditions in the U.S. Unfortunately, they often occur together. Some research has found that 85% of middle-aged or older adults who have Type 2 diabetes also have hyper­tension, and both conditions elevate a person’s risk for heart disease, stroke, and kidney disease. These increased risks are significant, and in some cases grave. Researchers have found that people with Type 2 ­diabetes are up to four times more likely to develop cardiovascular disease than those who don’t have the conditio...
Source: TIME: Health - August 29, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Markham Heid Tags: Uncategorized Disease freelance healthscienceclimate Source Type: news

Dapagliflozin Cuts CV Risk in Heart Failure With Preserved LVEF
MONDAY, Aug. 29, 2022 -- For patients with heart failure with mildly reduced or preserved ejection fraction, the sodium glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitor dapagliflozin reduces the combined risk for worsening heart failure or cardiovascular... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - August 29, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Webb Space Telescope Expected to Reveal a New Exoplanet Photo
At some point things were destined to settle down in the glassed-in mission control room at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Baltimore, Md. For much of this year, the Institute has been the center of the astronomical world. After all, it is there that each image captured by the new James Webb Space Telescope first arrives, including the dazzling batch received and released in July. But the real work the Institute team does—analyzing the scientific data embedded in the pictures— is quieter, less flashy stuff. Still, this week, as NASA reports, that quiet was broken by a new analysis of one of th...
Source: TIME: Science - August 26, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Jeffrey Kluger Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Space Source Type: news

Small CV Impact Seen When Replacing Salt With Low-Sodium Salt Substitute
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 24, 2022 -- The impact of replacing salt with low-sodium salt substitute (LSSS) has been examined in adults and children in a review published online Aug. 10 in the Cochrane Library. Amanda Brand, Ph.D., from Stellenbosch University... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - August 24, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Sodium nitrite poisoning; a case series of 15 fatalities [conference abstract] - Hikin L, Ahluwalia A, Morley S, Smith P.
From: 30th meeting of SFTA- 59th meeting of TIAFT - September 2022 Aim To highlight a recent surge in new drug deaths resulting from sodium nitrite (NaNO2) toxicity in which the post mortem blood nitrite (NO2-) and nitrate (NO3) concentrations were mea... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - August 19, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news

Suicide by sodium nitrite-an emerging trend [conference abstract] - Yao YJ, Koh JJ.
From: 30th meeting of SFTA- 59th meeting of TIAFT - September 2022 Aim Suicide by sodium nitrite ingestion is increasingly being reported in many parts of the world due to the ease of access of information and material via the internet. Our laboratory ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - August 19, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Poisoning Source Type: news

Simple method destroys dangerous ‘forever chemicals,’ making water safe
Key takeaways:World ’s water tainted.Synthetic PFAS, which have been linked to cancer and other diseases, have contaminated nearly every drop of water on the planet.Unbreakable bond.These chemicals contain a carbon-fluorine bond that is almost impossible to break, making it extremely difficult to eradicate them from water supplies.Off with their heads!Researchers devised a “guillotine” solution that uses moderate heat and inexpensive reagents to remove the “heads” of PFAS, initiating their destruction.If you ’re despairing at recent reports that Earth’s water sources have been thoroughly infested with hazardo...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - August 18, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

Simple mix of soap and solvent could help destroy ‘forever chemicals’
There’s finally hope for a simple, cheap way to destroy a class of ubiquitous environmental toxins found in shampoos, fast-food wrappers, and fire-dousing foams. A common ingredient in soap, mixed with water and an organic solvent, readily degrades per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), commonly known as “forever chemicals” because they can stick around in the environment for decades, a new study shows. The mixture doesn’t work on all PFAS compounds, but related approaches might offer communities a cheap way to rid soils and drinking water of contaminants that currently put millions of people at risk for cance...
Source: ScienceNOW - August 18, 2022 Category: Science Source Type: news

Sodium chlorite poisoning: a case of severe methaemoglobinaemia and dialysis-requiring kidney injury - Tunbridge M, Chandler S, Isbel N, Jegatheesan D, McNeill IR, Isoardi K, Viecelli AK.
[The publisher has not provided an abstract for this article.] Language: en... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - August 18, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news

Cochrane Library Editorial: Low sodium salt substitutes
A new Cochrane Library editorial has published titled 'Low sodium salt substitutes: a tool for sodium reduction and cardiovascular health. 'The World Health Organization has a target of reducing global population salt intake by 30% by 2025.   This has made Cochrane ’s new systematic review on the efficacy and safety of low sodium salt substitutes (LSSS) timely.   The Cochrane systematic review and meta-analysis examines the evidence regarding the use of LSSS on cardiovascular health in adults and children and included blood pressure as a primary outcome.  Rachael McLean, from the  Department of Preventive and So...
Source: Cochrane News and Events - August 16, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Muriah Umoquit Source Type: news