BACKGROUND Rare mutations of the epithelial sodium channel (ENaC) lead to mendelian forms of salt-sensitive hypertension or salt-wasting hypotension. We aimed to examine the association between common variants in the ENaC genes and salt sensitivity of blood pressure (BP). METHODS AND RESULTS A total of 1906 Han Chinese participated in the Genetic Epidemiology Network of Salt Sensitivity (GenS...

conclusions multiple prescription drug abuse and salt/salty food addiction usually reflects a personality of addiction, which leads to harmful use and dependence. case presentation a 28-year-old woman presented with tetany due to hypocalcemia, hypokalemia and hypomagnesemia. she had a history of laxative and diuretic abuse, and salt craving. psychiatric evaluation revealed a disturbed social hi...

The aim of this study is to point to the dangers of hypernatremia by exogenic intake of sodium chloride through ingesting excessive amounts of common salt or through aggressive correction of electrolytic disorders by using hypertonic solutions of sodium chloride, which may lead to heavy intoxication followed by metabolic encephalopathy (ME) and, very often, to a fatal outcome. Toxicity of commo...

This note presents a straightforward method to correct sea-salt-emission particle-size distributions according to local relative humidity. The proposed method covers a wide range of relative humidity (0.45–0.99) and its derivation incorporates recent laboratory results on sea-salt properties. The formulas are given as functions of relative humidity and compared with growth factors derived from ...

background: salt content and ph degree are the quality indicators of bread which their unauthorized levels may have harmful effects on body health. accordingly, this survey was carried out to evaluate ph and salt contents in bread samples produced in mashhad, iran. methods: totally 708 bread samples (340 loaves of lavash, 183 loaves of taftun, 139 loaves of barbari and 46 loaves of sangak bread...

BACKGROUND The reported prevalence of cerebral salt wasting has increased in the past three decades. A cerebral lesion and a large natriuresis without a known stimulus to excrete so much sodium (Na ) constitute its essential two elements. OBJECTIVES To review the topic of cerebral salt wasting. There is a diagnostic problem because it is difficult to confirm that a stimulus for the renal excr...

Expected from theory and simulations, depletion of ions at fuzzy biomembrane interfaces has long eluded experiments. Here, we show how salt exclusion can be accurately measured by surprisingly simple yet accurate benchtop measurements. Multilamellar aggregates of common phospholipids sink in low salt but float in salt solutions that are much less dense than the lipid itself. By manipulating bat...

Sandplain heathlands are disturbance-dependent plant communities that occur infrequently in coastal areas of the northeastern United States. We hypothesize that salt spray plays a role in maintaining the composition of the heathland community by excluding salt-intolerant species close to the ocean. We examined the distributions of Solidago nemoralis, Myrica pensylvanica, Pinus rigida, and Querc...

The spontaneously hypertensive rat and the Dahl salt-sensitive rat are the most widely studied genetic models of hypertension. Many investigators have attempted to study the pathogenesis of hypertension by comparing these strains with their respective normotensive "controls," the Wistar-Kyoto rat and the Dahl salt-resistant rat. However, the genetic relation between each of these hypertensive s...