Congestion drives most hospitalizations for acute and chronic heart failure (HF), reflecting the pivotal role of sodium and water retention in disease progression. Loop diuretics remain the first-line ...

My first visit to high altitude didn’t go well. I was at a training camp in the French Alps, and on one of our easy days my teammates and I decided to take a cable car to the summit of Aiguille du ...

Experiencing more frequent bathroom breaks in winter is a normal physiological response known as cold diuresis. Cold temperatures constrict blood vessels, pushing blood inward and tricking kidneys ...

A man sitting beside me in an airport lounge was adding up how much water he had drunk that day. “Don’t forget the three cups of coffee you drank,” his wife said. “Those doesn’t count,” he said.

Hi, it’s Lisa in London, where I’ve been learning about an eye condition that can affect astronauts in space. But before we get to that... Samantha Harvey’s book Orbital gave a fictional glimpse into ...

Panelists discuss how diuretics serve as necessary “bailout therapy” for volume management in heart failure but should not substitute for guideline-directed medical therapy, with emerging evidence ...

Here are six new drug shortages and discontinuations, according to drug supply databases from the FDA and American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. Acetazolamide injection: Avet Pharmaceuticals, ...

Here are six new drug shortages and discontinuations, according to drug supply databases from the FDA and the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. Acetazolamide injection: Avet ...

Ojos del Salado rises more than twenty-two thousand feet above sea level, on Chile’s northeastern border. It is the world’s tallest volcano, towering over the world’s highest desert: an ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first intranasal diuretic for heart, liver and kidney disease patients, aiming to prevent a common and costly issue that results in more than ...

A new analysis suggests that finerenone (Kerendia), a newer heart failure medication, may help older adults rely less on high doses of water pills. The findings come from the large FINEARTS-HF ...

Finerenone reduced heart failure events and cardiovascular deaths in patients with HFmrEF or HFpEF when used with diuretics. The study found finerenone reduced hypokalemia risk but increased ...