Health Claims

Black people would see bigger relative drops in heart disease and stroke from eating less salt than other racial groups.

Government action to cut salt by 3 grams daily could save $10-24 billion in healthcare spending every year.

Eating 3 grams less salt daily could save 44,000 to 92,000 lives each year in US adults.

Cutting daily salt by 3 grams could avoid 54,000 to 99,000 heart attacks each year in US adults over 35.

Reducing salt intake by 3 grams daily could prevent 32,000 to 66,000 new strokes each year in US adults.

Eating 3 grams less salt each day could prevent 60,000 to 120,000 new heart disease cases yearly in US adults over 35.

Fluid buildup caused by TZDs can still be treated with loop diuretics like furosemide in people with insulin resistance.

Rosiglitazone doesn't increase the amount of a specific sodium channel protein in urine of insulin-resistant people.

Taking rosiglitazone doesn't affect how well amiloride (another diuretic) removes salt from the body in insulin-resistant people.

Rosiglitazone doesn't change how furosemide works at different doses in people with insulin resistance.

Taking rosiglitazone for 9 weeks doesn't make the diuretic medicine furosemide less effective at removing salt from the body in people with insulin resistance.

Doing a mix of walking, strength, and balance exercises three times a week for two months likely lowers blood sugar levels in older adults who are overweight, helping prevent diabetes. This finding is from the abstract summary - full study details were not available

Doing a mix of walking, strength, and balance exercises three times a week for two months likely improves sleep quality in older adults who are overweight. This finding is from the abstract summary - full study details were not available

Doing a mix of walking, strength, and balance exercises three times a week for two months likely improves how the body uses insulin in older adults who are overweight, reducing diabetes risk. This finding is from the abstract summary - full study details were not available

Doing a mix of walking, strength, and balance exercises three times a week for two months likely improves blood vessel function in older adults who are overweight by increasing nitric oxide. This finding is from the abstract summary - full study details were not available

Doing a mix of walking, strength, and balance exercises three times a week for two months likely boosts a protein called adropin in older adults who are overweight, which may help with metabolism and blood vessel health. This finding is from the abstract summary - full study details were not available

Whether mice get extra potassium for a few days or weeks, a key kidney transporter becomes less active.

Long-term high potassium intake in mice causes certain kidney tubules to shrink and others to grow larger.

Long-term high potassium intake in mice alters kidney proteins linked to kidney damage pathways.

Long-term high potassium intake in mice leads to higher levels of a hormone called aldosterone in both blood and urine.

When mice don't get enough potassium, their kidney transporter becomes more active and blood pressure rises, but a common blood pressure drug can lower it again.

Mice have the lowest blood pressure when their blood potassium is around 4.5 mM, but higher or lower levels raise blood pressure.

Even though high potassium lowers a kidney transporter in mice, this doesn't explain the blood pressure changes, suggesting other mechanisms are at play.

Long-term high potassium makes a kidney channel more active, and blocking that channel with a drug lowers blood pressure in mice.