High blood pressure is one of the most common health problems in the world today. It affects millions of people and often has ...

About one-third of U.S. adults take a daily multivitamin, often to fill nutritional gaps or as a form of “insurance.” While ...

This milestone comes as the newly released 2025 AHA/ACC Guideline for the Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Management of High Blood Pressure in Adults reemphasizes chlorthalidone's role as a ...

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 ...

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 ...

As I was reviewing postoperative instructions with my patient after her extraction, she casually mentioned that she'd been taking "water pills" along with her blood pressure medication. My pen stopped ...

We need vitamin D for our immune health, building and maintaining bone density and even reducing inflammation. But it’s challenging to eat enough vitamin D through food alone. And even though it’s ...

Ruth Chepngetich has been provisionally suspended by the AIU after failing a drug test. She currently holds the Marathon World Record. Ruth Chepngetich has been provisionally suspended by the ...

HemiClor is expected to be available in pharmacies starting in May 2025. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved HemiClor ™, a low dose formulation of chlorthalidone, for the treatment of ...

Death risk doubled for patients experiencing early hyponatremia after starting a thiazide diuretic. Patients who experience hyponatremia soon after starting thiazide diuretics have an increased risk ...