News tagged with blood calcium

Common antibiotics and blood pressure medication may result in hospitalization

Mixing commonly used antibiotics with common blood pressure medications may cause hypotension (abnormally low blood pressure) and induce shock in older patients, requiring hospitalization, according to a study published in ...

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Jan 17, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

On...off...on...off... The circuitry of insulin-releasing cells

A myriad of inputs can indicate a body's health bombard pancreatic beta cells continuously, and these cells must consider all signals and "decide" when and how much insulin to release to maintain balance in blood sugar, for ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Dec 09, 2010 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Calcium supplements: too much of a good thing?

Negative health effects linked to taking too much supplemental calcium are on the rise, according to a commentary appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society Nephrology (JASN). The incidence of the ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 01, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Calcium scans may be effective screening tool for heart disease

A simple, non-invasive test appears to be an effective screening tool for identifying patients with silent heart disease who are at risk for a heart attack or sudden death. Coronary artery calcium scans can be done without ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Sep 30, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Daily potassium citrate wards off kidney stones in seizure patients on high-fat diet

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 potassium citrate the day they ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Arab-American women need supplement to boost dangerously low vitamin D levels

Arab-American women living in southeast Detroit whose conservative dress limits their exposure to sun should be taking a vitamin D supplement to boost their dangerously low serum levels, according to a study published by ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Research elucidates way lungs fight bacteria and prevent infection

Actor and pancreatic cancer patient Patrick Swayze's recent hospitalization with pneumonia as a result of his compromised immune system underscores the sensitivity of the lungs: many patients die from lung complications of ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jan 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0