News tagged with salt restriction
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
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Researchers report breakthrough on salt-tolerant durum wheat
A team of Australian scientists has bred salt tolerance into a variety of durum wheat that shows improved grain yield by 25% on salty soils.
Mar 11, 2012 |
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Unique salt allows energy production to move inland
Production of energy from the difference between salt water and fresh water is most convenient near the oceans, but now, using an ammonium bicarbonate salt solution, Penn State researchers can combine bacterial ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Mar 01, 2012 |
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Surfboard-sized drones crossing pacific to monitor sea surface
Hundreds of miles off the California coast, four drones about the size of surfboards and are tossing across the Pacific toward Hawaii, controlled by pilots on shore.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 18, 2012 |
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Salt-tolerant crops show higher capacity for carbon fixation
Salt can have drastic effects on the growth and yield of horticultural crops; studies have estimated that salinity renders an about one-third of the world's irrigated land unsuitable for crop production. Imbalances in soil ...
Dec 12, 2011 |
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New raptor dinosaur takes a licking keeps on ticking
Raptor dinosaurs like the iconic Velociraptor from the movie franchise Jurassic Park are renowned for their "fear-factor." Their terrifying image has been popularized in part because members of this group possess a greatly ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Sep 19, 2011 |
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New tests for 'legal marijuana,' 'bath salts' and other emerging designer drugs
Scientists today reported development of much needed new tests to help cope with a wave of deaths, emergency room visits and other problems from a new genre of designer drugs sold legally in stores and online ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Aug 31, 2011 |
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Amazon wants voters to decide on tax collection
(AP) -- Amazon.com Inc. wants California voters to decide whether to overturn a new law that forces online retailers to collect sales taxes there, setting the stage for a potentially high-dollar ballot fight next year that ...
Jul 12, 2011 |
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A novel enzymatic catalyst for biodiesel production
Continuous production of biodiesel can now be envisaged thanks to a novel catalyst developed by a French team at CNRS's Centre de Recherches Paul Pascal (CRPP). The results, which have been patented, have ...
Jul 04, 2011 |
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Amazon cuts off California affiliates
(AP) -- Amazon.com Inc. and much smaller Overstock.com Inc. are cutting off their advertising affiliates in California because of a new state rule forcing online retailers to collect sales tax there.
Jun 30, 2011 |
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ESA's water mission keeps tabs on dry spring soils
Western Europe's exceptionally dry spring is clear to see in maps generated using data from SMOS. While these maps offer an interesting view of the stark difference in soil moisture compared to a year ago, ...
May 13, 2011 |
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