Serum potassium concentrations outside the normal range were associated with elevated mortality risk in patients with heart failure. Hyper- and hypokalemia in patients with heart failure (HF) are ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Put down the salt shakers. Eating too much salt and too little potassium can increase the risk of death, U.S. government researchers said on Monday. The findings from a team at the ...

Older women who eat foods with higher amounts of potassium may be at lower risk of stroke and death than women who consume less potassium-rich foods. The health benefits from potassium-rich foods are ...

The risks for sudden cardiac death from certain QT-prolonging antibiotics increase with steeper serum to dialysate potassium gradients. Treatment with azithromycin or respiratory fluoroquinolones is ...

(HealthDay News) — For new starters of loop diuretics, empiric potassium supplementation is associated with reduced risk of all-cause death, according to a study published online July 16 in PLOS ONE.

Credit: Getty Images. This investigation is among the first observational studies to examine potassium binder use and hard clinical outcomes. Use of the potassium binder patiromer may reduce the risks ...

NEW YORK, Sept. 5 (UPI) --Eat more bananas. That's the takeaway from a new study that suggests potassium-rich foods can help middle-aged and elderly women ward off stroke and death. The study, ...

A 2-year-old cancer patient died, apparently from excessive levels of potassium in an intravenous feeding solution, Johns Hopkins Hospital said Friday. The Johns ...

In this study, based on the hypothesis that individuals carrying certain polymorphisms in the LQT genes may be at risk of life-threatening arrhythmias if exposed to psychotropic drugs that block ...

Postmenopausal women who eat foods higher in potassium are less likely to have strokes and die than women who eat less potassium-rich foods, according to new research in the American Heart Association ...