One in five patients taking commonly prescribed diuretics for blood pressure or heart conditions end up with reduced sodium and potassium levels, which can lead to a range of health problems. Yet ...

A study testing a new nasal spray form of the medication bumetanide, a commonly prescribed diuretic, was found to be as safe and well-tolerated (meaning with no significant nasal irritation) in ...

Edward Yu, professor of pharmacology at the School of Medicine, led a team of researchers in publication of an article titled “Inhibition mechanism of NKCC1 involves the carboxyl terminus and ...

Diuretics are used to treat several conditions in medicine including heart failure, high blood pressure, liver disease and some types of kidney disease. The use of some diuretics is also indicated in ...

Most accepted pharmacologic treatments for heart failure are supported by evidence from large clinical trials. In contrast, evidence from large, well-controlled clinical trials to guide the use of ...

Some foods and drinks like watermelon, coffee and tea can help flush out excess fluid. Natural diuretics work by reducing sodium, which pulls water out of the body with it. Too much fluid can be ...

We used data collected from patients admitted to collaborating hospitals in Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore from 1976 through 2007. Since 1997, the study has been conducted solely in ...

Diuretics can help flush your body of excess water. Foods such as coffee, green and black tea, and parsley are natural diuretics. Diuretics are substances that increase the amount of urine you produce ...