Sometimes, salt cravings can be psychological rather than physiological. Stress or boredom can trigger a desire for salty ...

Dr. Sudhir Kumar, senior neurologist at Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad, has warned that three commonly prescribed medications—thiazide diuretics, SSRIs, and carbamazepine/oxcarbazepine—can cause low ...

Hyponatremia, or low blood sodium, can lead to dangerous fluid imbalances and cell swelling, potentially causing seizures or ...

Drinking too much water can be dangerous, leading to hyponatraemia, a condition where dangerously low sodium levels cause ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: My mother’s blood test has a sodium level of 130 mEq/L. She is not on diuretics, and she does not have heart or kidney problems. She is on thyroid medication and omeprazole. Do I need ...

Sodium is not a pathogen, but it, too, kills. Just ask the World Health Organization (WHO), which reports that two million of the eight million poor diet deaths can be blamed on high sodium intake.

The American Heart Association spoke in support of the bill, which said they aims to give restaurant-goers the information ...