Consuming too little potassium may be as big a risk factor for high blood pressure as eating too much sodium new research says.
The study also identified a gene that may influence potassium’s effects on blood pressure.
The findings, based on a Texas heart study done on the urine samples of 3,300 people, support previous studies that made similar conclusions about potassium and blood pressure.
The new study was to be presented Saturday at the Read the rest of this entry »
RATON, New Mexico (STPNS) — “You don’t look at the whole staircase. You look at one step at a time,” says Fred Romero, who along with his brother Frank has climbed up and over several major medical challenges in the last 45 years.
And one of the biggest steps the identical twins and lifelong Ratonians had to take was the first one, becoming an organ transplant donor and recipient during a time when the medical field was still feeling its way with Read the rest of this entry »
FRESNO, Calif.—An autopsy will be performed this week on a Mendota man who died after being shot by sheriff’s deputy with a bean bag gun.
A Fresno County sheriff’s spokesman says deputies responded Wednesday evening to a call about a domestic dispute at a home. When they arrived, the 24-year-old suspect barricaded himself in a bedroom and refused to surrender.
A deputy then shot him in an upper body with a bean bag shot, allowed them to Read the rest of this entry »
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term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995,
including those relating to the FDA 510(k) clearance for Visage Imaging to
market its latest thin client product release, Visage CS 3.1. You can identify
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health officials Thursday pledged a new, open process for approving drugs and foods from genetically engineered animals.
Consumer groups complained the policy won’t do enough to tell people if they’re eating gene-altered animals and fails to protect the environment. They urged the incoming Obama administration to reconsider it.
Genetic engineering, already widely used for crops, is on the threshold of producing Read the rest of this entry »
It’s a tough day for John McCain in the Opinion section. The Arizona senator fairs poorly not only in the latest installment in the editorial board’s series,
, but also takes a lump for his performance in last night’s debate. Today’s position paper takes on health care and education and gives a lukewarm endorsement to Barack Obama’s healthcare plan, saying that it’s imperfect but guarantees a level of coverage for all. McCain’s plan is deemed potentially Read the rest of this entry »
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health regulators are requiring more than a dozen drugmakers to develop plans to reduce the misuse of their painkillers, which cause hundreds of deaths each year.
The Food and Drug Administration said Monday it has issued letters to companies that make opioid drugs, including morphine, oxycodone and methadone.
The drugs are typically used by people already taking narcotics, such as cancer patients, to treat severe Read the rest of this entry »
One of those patients, a 22-year-old, remains in critical condition with significant burns at Columbia St. Mary’s Hospital.
MILWAUKEE – Four of six people injured in the We Energies power plant explosion in Oak Creek are being treated at Columbia St. Mary’s Hospital in Milwaukee on Wednesday.
One of those patients, a 22-year-old, remains in critical condition with significant burns.
Coal dust ignited inside a silo at 10:53 a.m. on Tuesday. Read the rest of this entry »
MERCED, Calif.—A medical marijuana advocacy group has filed a lawsuit against the Department of Motor Vehicles for revoking the driver’s license of a woman because of her status as a medical pot patient.
Americans for Safe Access sued the department on behalf of 53-year-old Rose Johnson. Her attorneys say she has had a clean driving record for 37 years. The suit claims the DMV refused to renew her license in July because of her status as a Read the rest of this entry »