A research team has discovered that metformin, the most widely prescribed anti-diabetic drug, causes sugar to be excreted in the stool. Taking advantage of the new bio-imaging apparatus PET-MRI, they ...

Hyperuricemia induces gout and kidney stones and accelerates the progression of renal and cardiovascular diseases 1,2. Unlike other mammals, hominoids, including humans, show high serum uric acid ...

NEW ORLEANS — According to Mayoclinic.org, “gout is a common and complex form of arthritis that can affect anyone. It's characterized by sudden, severe attacks of pain, swelling, redness and ...

Higher levels of sodium intake are reported to be associated with higher blood pressure. Whether this relationship varies according to levels of sodium or potassium intake and in different populations ...

For persons with cardiovascular disease or diabetes, urinary sodium excretion (a surrogate for salt intake) at higher levels or at lower levels compared to mid-range values was associated with an ...

Ammonia and Kidney Failure Study implicates an inability of a CKD patient's kidneys to excrete the daily acid load. Lower urinary ammonia excretion, a marker of an impaired ability of the kidneys to ...

Owing to inconvenience of a 24-hour urine collection, diagnostic methods based on spot urine samples are becoming increasingly popular. Spot urine sodium measurements could replace 24-hour urinary ...

The relation between sodium intake and cardiovascular disease remains controversial, owing in part to inaccurate assessment of sodium intake. Assessing 24-hour urinary excretion over a period of ...

As age increases, the functions of tissues and organs in the body gradually decline. Due to this decline in organ function, drug absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion (ADME processes) in ...

Plants and animals are made up of cells. For sustaining the life of an organism cells plays an important role. These cells work in the form of biochemical reactions which carry out all the time. These ...

Last year, dairy cattle and accompanying young bovines excreted 273.0 million kg of nitrogen, i.e. 4.7 percent less than in the previous year. This brought nitrogen excretion by the dairy sector under ...