News tagged with excretion
Responding to the radiation threat
Berkeley Lab researchers are developing a promising treatment for safely decontaminating humans exposed to radioactive actinides from a major radiation exposure event, such as a nuclear reactor accident or ...
Mar 06, 2012 |
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Traces of pharmaceuticals found in central Indiana waterways
(PhysOrg.com) -- Pharmaceuticals have been found in freshwater ecosystems in rural areas of central Indiana, says a new study from Ball State University.
Oct 20, 2009 |
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Wastewater used to map illicit drug use
A team of researchers has mapped patterns of illicit drug use across the state of Oregon using a method of sampling municipal wastewater before it is treated.
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Jul 15, 2009 |
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System that regulates blood pressure is amiss in some healthy, young blacks
When stress increases blood pressure, a natural mechanism designed to bring it down by excreting more salt in the urine doesn't work well in about one-third of healthy, black adolescents, researchers report.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
May 08, 2009 |
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Family partnership, education interventions lower heart failure patients' salt consumption
Educating family members of heart failure (HF) patients about the health benefits of consuming a low-salt diet and providing skills for support and communication can effectively reduce HF patients' sodium consumption, according ...
Nov 17, 2009 |
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Spot urine test: To monitor dietary sodium compliance in liver disease patients?
Most patients with ascites caused by liver cirrhosis are treated with diuretics in addition to dietary sodium restriction. This creates a negative nitrogen balance and promotes mobilization of ascites. Lack of response can ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Aug 12, 2009 |
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