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People get treatment in the Wieliczka salt mine to deal with respiratory illness, in Wieliczka, Poland February 26, 2021. REUTERS/Tomasz Swierczek WIELICZKA, Poland (Reuters) – A UNESCO World Heritage site in Poland is being used to help people recover from COVID-19, with patients going deep underground in the Wieliczka salt mine to a therapeutic centre […]
Salt-sensitive hypertension affects about half of people with high blood pressure, but the precise mechanism of how dietary salt contributes to blood pressure elevation, kidney injury and cardiovascular disease remains unclear. Annet Kirabo, DVM, MSc, Ph.D., and colleagues recently found that sodium enters immune system antigen-presenting cells (APCs) and promotes formation of IsoLG (isolevuglandin)-protein adducts, […]
High blood pressure is the measure of how strongly the blood presses against the walls of the arteries when the heart beats. Having high blood pressure means that this measurement is consistently too high over a period of time. High blood pressure puts a strain on all the blood vessels in the body, including the […]
Salt intake in China is confirmed to be among the highest in the world, with adults over the past four decades consistently consuming on average above 10g of salt a day, which is more than twice the recommended limit, according to new research led by Queen Mary University of London. The systematic review and meta-analysis, […]