Venous insufficiency is a condition where the pressure inside the veins is high enough that fluid comes out of the blood ...

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

SaveHealth reports on 10 hypertension medications, their classifications, effectiveness, side effects, and safety in managing ...

Some medications, including certain antibiotics and NSAIDs, can harm the kidneys if used for too long or in high doses. ACE inhibitors and ARBs are generally safe but can increase the risk of kidney ...

Clinicians may fail to recognize common side effects of drugs like gabapentin — which are frequently prescribed for nerve pain — leading them to prescribe unnecessary medications that cause yet more ...

The man formerly worked as the deputy director of human resources for the French cultural ministry Getty A French former public servant allegedly drugged more than 200 women with diuretic at job ...

A man sitting beside me in an airport lounge was adding up how much water he had drunk that day. “Don’t forget the three cups of coffee you drank,” his wife said. “Those doesn’t count,” he said.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first intranasal diuretic for heart, liver and kidney disease patients, aiming to prevent a common and costly issue that results in more than ...

Finerenone, a nonsteroidal mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist, demonstrated consistent efficacy and safety regardless of diuretic type or dose and reduced overall diuretic requirements in patients ...

Finerenone reduced heart failure events and cardiovascular deaths in patients with HFmrEF or HFpEF when used with diuretics. The study found finerenone reduced hypokalemia risk but increased ...

As I was reviewing postoperative instructions with my patient after her extraction, she casually mentioned that she'd been taking "water pills" along with her blood pressure medication. My pen stopped ...