Dr. Hare answers the question: 'What Is The Role Of Diuretics?' — -- Question: What is the role of diuretics, or 'water pills,' and how do they work? Answer: Fluid pills or diuretics are used by ...

Dr. Hershberger answers the question: 'Diuretics To Treat Heart Failure?' — -- Question: What are the commonly used diuretics in the treatment of heart failure? Answer: The most commonly used ...

Some foods and drinks like watermelon, coffee and tea can help flush out excess fluid. Natural diuretics work by reducing sodium, which pulls water out of the body with it. Too much fluid can be ...

The effects of aging on the cardiovascular system induce an increase in arterial stiffness leading to an elevated SBP. Several studies have demonstrated the benefits of SBP lowering in elderly ...

Diuretics are in the forefront of the antihypertensive armamentarium and constitute the reference antihypertensive drugs. This is so because monopharmacotherapy with these substances lowers high blood ...

Your recent column regarding edema from venous insufficiency caught my interest since I was diagnosed with venous insufficiency over 25 years ago. Your recommendation was to raise your legs several ...

Creatine is a popular supplement used to increase muscle size and strength. There are a few medications and supplements you ...

Diuretics are used to treat several conditions in medicine including heart failure, high blood pressure, liver disease and some types of kidney disease. The use of some diuretics is also indicated in ...

A large study of veterans documents a link between diuretic treatment and risk for a first fracture. Diuretic treatment may increase the risk of bone fractures, a new study finds. In a nationwide ...

PRAGUE, Czechia—The number of people taking loop diuretics without a diagnosis of heart failure (HF) may be many times higher than the number of HF patients on these meds, according to an analysis of ...

In a huge study that is likely to change how millions of Americans are first treated for high blood pressure, an old-line diuretic costing pennies per day outperformed two more modern alternatives ...

Fluid can also come out of structurally normal veins when the oncotic pressure (the tendency for fluid to stay in the veins ...