Testing for aldosterone levels may hold the key to treatment-resistant hypertension and many other cardiac conditions, but ...

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Salt, or more precisely the sodium it contains, is very much a "Goldilocks" nutrient. Low sodium levels cause a drop in blood volume, which can have serious, sometimes deadly, health consequences.

New analysis from landmark Phase 3 PRECISION trial published in Hypertension highlights the renal-protective benefits of aprocitentan in addition ...

Going to the bed at the same time every night could help regulate blood pressure, a small proof-of-concept study suggests.

Researchers transplanted a single-edit α-Gal knockout pig kidney and thymus into a brain-dead recipient, followed by 61 days of monitoring. The organ produced urine, maintained electrolyte balance and ...

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Antagonism of the fibrosis-inducing steroid hormone aldosterone proved to be efficacious after AMI when HF was present. 17 Cell therapy especially in humans has followed a similar paradigm that ...

Scientists from the University of Rochester have reported that eating too much black licorice can lead to dangerously high blood pressure and serious disturbances in the body’s electrolyte balance.