Hyperkalemia, which can induce signs of a heart attack or paralysis and weakness of the muscles, is defined as a level that is higher than 5.0-5.5 mEq/L.
City of Hope scientists identify a mechanism for self-repair of the thymus, a crucial component of the immune system, with research published in Immunity that could help boost thymic function after da ...
It’s one of nature’s healthiest wild foods, the backbone of a major industry in the Pacific Northwest and deeply embedded in the diets and cultures of Indigenous people in the region.
This is especially problematic in cases of blocked blood vessels, which can repeatedly starve large areas of the heart of oxygen and nutrients, killing the cardiomyocytes there. This leads to a ...